Use freshly picked rose petals that have been picked early in the morning before the hot sun gets to them. Place in a bottle and pour boiling water over it. Shake vigourously and let it sit overnight. Drain off the petals the next day and set aside the liquid. Use as desired for cooking, anti-aging toner or as an after-bath refresher.

  

1 pound rose petals

1 lemon

1 teasopoon of wine yeast

2/12 pounds of sugar

1 gallon sugar

  

Add edible rose petals to two gallon pot. Add 1 gallon water and bring to simmer. Stir frequently until roses have lost all of their color. Drain off liquid and discard the petals.

  

Add sugar, juice of the lemon and wine yeast dissolved in lukewarm water. Cover with a towel and let sit two weeks before bottling.

  

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You can add them to an incense while doing a ritual. For instance you could add rose petals to incense to increase a love vibe or zinnias to aid an ailing friend.

  

You could add the dried plant to sachets to scent drawers. Lavender is good for this.

  

You can put the petals in soap or in candles that you make yourself.

  

You can make your own paper out of them.

  

If the flowers are edible you can dry them, crumble them and put them in a shaker with wide holes for seasoning food or for using for magical purposes.

  

You can make flower water out of them by steeping them like tea and saving the liquid.

  

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A good tea to drink before divination is one made from ¼ teaspoon each of angelica, basil, fennel or rosemary.

  

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You can add cinnamon or cloves to strong Indian black tea. Many commercial Chai mixtures would also be very protective.

  

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1 teaspoon chamomile

½ teaspoon catnip

½ teaspoon honey

  

Steep the chamomile and catnip together and when the tea is ready mix in the honey. This may not work on a child who is allergic to ragweed.

  

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Mix with 3 cups of distilled water.

  

Store in a glass container with a cork, tight lid or atomizer.

  

You can sprinkle or spray lavender water on your linens so it is infused with scent. You can also sprinkle it on clothes before you iron them to give thme a fresh scent.

16 cups dandelion blossoms

½ gallon water

Juice from two lemons

½ teaspoon wine yeast

21/2 pounds sugar

1 used tea bag

Rinse the blossoms in cool water and remove all of the green from anywhere on the flower. Heat half a gallon of water  and pour it over the blossom. Let mixture steep until cool. Drain the petals and save the liquid. Discard the petals.

Mix the remaining liquid with half the sugar, lemon juice, tea bag and yeast. Cover with a tea towel and allow to ferment  at room temperature. Add 1 cup of the remaining sugar for the next three days at the same time of day. After two weeks have passed pour off into a gallon jug corked with a cheese cloth ball. Let sit for thirty days and then put in clean bottles that are then corked and labeled.

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1 gallon apple juice

1 slice lemon

2 ounces ginger root

4 cups sugar

½ package active yeast

4 cups sugar

1 sliced orange

1 ½ ounces of cream of tartar

 
Boil all of the ingredients together except the yeast. Allow to cool until lukewarm and then add the yeast (dissolved in tepid water.)  Cover pot with towel and let it sit. Strain off the orange and lemon and then let sit for another 24 hours before straining and bottling.

 
You have to serve this type of Apple Ginger Beer within a day or two of making it.

 
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