Wild Edibles

Today's lunch was a cumulation of the last few weeks of Wild Edibles.  I made a salad of all the things we covered that are edible.
Hosta
Dandelion Head
Dandelion Green
Clover (new for today)

We had White Pine Tea to drink with it.  I did open up a can of tuna and tossed it in there.  There was no wild onion because it got all mowed down.  But, we did discuss it.  

Actually eating what we found naturally growing in our yard was pretty neat.  And, I am not going salad shopping again.  Unless it is the middle of winter.  Or the ground gets washed away by the MORE rain we are supposed to be getting.  

We did have some new people join us for the homeschool class.  Because Wild Edibles will be running through the summer, friends of mine who public school will be coming to join us.

I finally finished canning all the beans.  Actually, I gave up and froze two gallons.  Running out of jars and stuff helped with the decision to just toss the last of it into gallon sized jugs and throw them in the freezer.  Although I did have to pull out some frozen milk so as soon as that is done thawing, I'll make mozzarella cheese.  Maybe I'll make some pizza.

I cut the rest of the soap that got pulled from the molds the other day so they could finish drying.  I wrapped the eucalyptus and checked on the coffee and mint soaps, but they need a little more drying time before I wrap them.

I am waiting on making the liquid soaps until I get some pumps.  Or some jars to store it in until I get pumps.  So, in a few days, I'll make the liquid soap.

I was researching how to make lotion and while I have a pretty good idea now, I am working out how to keep many of the ingredients local.  The goat milk obviously comes from my goats, but the rest of it, I'm not sure.  I will have to see where I can either find the ingredients locally or see if locally owned stores carry them.  More research is definitely needed.