Good Morning,
At last I am sitting down with the computer opened at Ramblings. I have been trying to do this for over a week but there is always something to be done elsewhere.
It is not that I am busy in the Soap Room as I am not I probably should be sorting out my Market boxes and filling them back up as My stock will be at a one day Xmas in July next month. This is the first Market since I finished just before Xmas in December and I know I have been raiding the boxes as I had orders coming in and they are easier to raid then lifting the heavy stock boxes down from the shelves. I do this all the time to get the orders out quickly but then I replace what I took out by th the time the next market comes around.
I am only making product as it is needed so this week I made Irritated Skin Balm and next time will be Grease Monkey Soap as there is only 3 or 4 bars left of that one. The Irritated Skin Balm is an all purpose Balm and I always have a pot on hand. I have used it for itches from bites and the pain of green ant bites as well as contact dermatitis when I weed the garden without gloves. I have also used it on light burns like you get when you bump on the hotplate or the iron. It is also great fro dry skin.
We have had 22 mls of rain so far this month 3 times as much as we had in April and May and the grass is starting to green up which is very unusual for this time of the year as it is supposed to be our dry season and normally we have had a stack of frosts by now. Couch grass hates frost and always burns off. I am not complaining but marvelling at Mother nature and her restorative powers. I am managing to keep the garden under control as the weeds and lawn require less attention. I have dug up the Tumeric and some of the sweet potatoes as start plus the dahlia bulbs and replenished those beds with horse poo and some of my compost. Just want to get some mushroom compost to top up the beds now then I am planting potatoes that my neighbour has kindly given me. It is a little bit early for them but by the time I finish getting the beds ready it should be time. My little Native bees are doing well and by the weight they put on in the hive over summer they should have plenty of food for the winter. Hopefully they come through ok and will be ready for splitting into 2 hives and I can have one out the back around the vegetable patch.
Mac has not been very well over the last few weeks. He has had blood tests and it would seem that their is something going on with his stomach. He has taken a few small fits but is not diabetic and not epileptic. Has had a course of antibiotics as apparently raw chicken can make them ill due to the large amount of bacteria that can produce rapidly on the meat. Mac was having raw chicken/turkey /pork and beef mince mixed with grated carrot and zucchini. So now I cook that and he also has steamed chicken as a treat. Anyway once he come off the antibiotics he was still not right and has progressively worse just sleeping a lot and not as playful as normal so called the vet out again and he has started on a pain killer to see if that helps him. The pain killer zonked him out for 24 hours so I cut it in half today and he is at least awake. He is not eating or drinking so vet is now talking about going into clinic for a day while she is there to observe him and she will do xrays to see if there is anything showing up in his intestines, like a twist or a scar from a sharp object or anything else that may show up. he has an enlarged liver at the moment so guess anything sinister like a lump/tumour would show on an xray. I just hope he gets better soon as I miss his ADHD ways and even the barking. Guess I have come to expect it and it is so quiet without it.
Couldn't finish this to get it posted this morning as my battery went flat and I was to lazy to drag the connection power point out of the study as it is too hard to get under the table to detach it and then to put it back.
Hope you are all well , stay safe and be kind to each other.
Blessings
At last I am sitting down with the computer opened at Ramblings. I have been trying to do this for over a week but there is always something to be done elsewhere.
It is not that I am busy in the Soap Room as I am not I probably should be sorting out my Market boxes and filling them back up as My stock will be at a one day Xmas in July next month. This is the first Market since I finished just before Xmas in December and I know I have been raiding the boxes as I had orders coming in and they are easier to raid then lifting the heavy stock boxes down from the shelves. I do this all the time to get the orders out quickly but then I replace what I took out by th the time the next market comes around.
I am only making product as it is needed so this week I made Irritated Skin Balm and next time will be Grease Monkey Soap as there is only 3 or 4 bars left of that one. The Irritated Skin Balm is an all purpose Balm and I always have a pot on hand. I have used it for itches from bites and the pain of green ant bites as well as contact dermatitis when I weed the garden without gloves. I have also used it on light burns like you get when you bump on the hotplate or the iron. It is also great fro dry skin.
We have had 22 mls of rain so far this month 3 times as much as we had in April and May and the grass is starting to green up which is very unusual for this time of the year as it is supposed to be our dry season and normally we have had a stack of frosts by now. Couch grass hates frost and always burns off. I am not complaining but marvelling at Mother nature and her restorative powers. I am managing to keep the garden under control as the weeds and lawn require less attention. I have dug up the Tumeric and some of the sweet potatoes as start plus the dahlia bulbs and replenished those beds with horse poo and some of my compost. Just want to get some mushroom compost to top up the beds now then I am planting potatoes that my neighbour has kindly given me. It is a little bit early for them but by the time I finish getting the beds ready it should be time. My little Native bees are doing well and by the weight they put on in the hive over summer they should have plenty of food for the winter. Hopefully they come through ok and will be ready for splitting into 2 hives and I can have one out the back around the vegetable patch.
Mac has not been very well over the last few weeks. He has had blood tests and it would seem that their is something going on with his stomach. He has taken a few small fits but is not diabetic and not epileptic. Has had a course of antibiotics as apparently raw chicken can make them ill due to the large amount of bacteria that can produce rapidly on the meat. Mac was having raw chicken/turkey /pork and beef mince mixed with grated carrot and zucchini. So now I cook that and he also has steamed chicken as a treat. Anyway once he come off the antibiotics he was still not right and has progressively worse just sleeping a lot and not as playful as normal so called the vet out again and he has started on a pain killer to see if that helps him. The pain killer zonked him out for 24 hours so I cut it in half today and he is at least awake. He is not eating or drinking so vet is now talking about going into clinic for a day while she is there to observe him and she will do xrays to see if there is anything showing up in his intestines, like a twist or a scar from a sharp object or anything else that may show up. he has an enlarged liver at the moment so guess anything sinister like a lump/tumour would show on an xray. I just hope he gets better soon as I miss his ADHD ways and even the barking. Guess I have come to expect it and it is so quiet without it.
Couldn't finish this to get it posted this morning as my battery went flat and I was to lazy to drag the connection power point out of the study as it is too hard to get under the table to detach it and then to put it back.
Hope you are all well , stay safe and be kind to each other.
Blessings
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