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| Calendula Flower~ First Aid From the Garden |
It is so bright and cheerful, and smells so clean and crisp. It doesn't spill pollen out or entice from far away with it's aromatics, but you can tell it is an antiseptic from the moment you smell it. I encourage you to stick your nose in one as soon as the sun comes back out. I did manage to pick quite a few, and have many more dry days this season to pick, but when we get a sudden rain like this week, I always worry I did not harvest enough yet.
When I harvest on sunny and hot days, I dry the flowers and make infused oil. Later I combine it with Lavender infused oil to make my great skin healing
Calendula Lavender Salve. I make the tincture out of the Calendula that has some dew or rain on it in the late season, and combine that with Echinacea tincture for a formula that is used as an immunity booster.
