Re: Bitters, again--anyone make their own?
yeah, I have pretty simple tastes--they run to things like saffron, beeswax and basilica-type incense resins. :-)The cost of beeswax candles! I know they're worth it, and wish the bees got better recompensed as well.>> Wish someone would give them some olive leaf for their mite blights, and leave them a bit of their own honey...
since I'm only making these for myself, (and for my son, 'on spec')I'm not expecting I'll be using a lot of anything. Everything costs more the first time you try it, right? This'll probably end up being my birthday present to myself.
Bitter orange--Is that what they use to make marmelade?
I know an herbalist nearby where I would think they have all these things; maybe down the road I can harvest something myself, or buy in bulk, but I'm really a rank beginner with all this....
Artichoke leaf--that's the edible part people dip in butter right? Or is it another part of the plant?
I'm always going into a small swoon over the artichoke potion in the health food store. A tall bottle with a picture of an artichoke, and something flowery on the box.
European. Probably it's what my body craves. Curious, my son is also attracted to the box.
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I'll leave the dandelion out then--I have the dandelion mineral vinegar.
So, what about gentian and burdock, or yellow dock, and as 'base note'?