Dried Flowers & Herbs
Flowers all year
Have you ever been on a weekend drive and found some place that is really unique, fun; some place you want to share?
Have you enjoyed any beautiful flowers this week that you’d like to save?
Summer’s flowers are best for preserving but with care a winter bouquet can be saved also!
The most successful technique we’ve found is using Silica Gel. You can buy it on amazon or at a local craft store. It’s a moisture absorbing powder that dries the flower without altering the vibrant color. (It’s the same product as the “anti-moisture” packets found in packaged foods.)
There are many directions online you can try but the simplest method we’ve used is pouring some silica gel into a clean & dry coffee can. Nestle the flower into the silica and then pour a bit more in so the bloom is fully covered and seal the can.
Leave this for several days and you will have a perfectly preserved flower that looks just as fresh as it did when you put it in the silica container.
With a little practice, you’ll be ready to use silica gel to dry lavender sprigs and peonies from Lambs Tales Farm in just a few months when Summer comes!
Ideas to pique your creativity
Lots of ideas to use Lambs Tales goods.
Use your Lambs Tales Farm products for More
Have you ever been on a weekend drive and found some place that is really unique, fun; some place you want to keep a secret?
Here are a few slightly less obvious uses for our products. This is not a comprehensive list! Let us know about your creative uses for our products and we might add them to next year’s version of this list!
Animals:
Wool roving & yarn make some amazing handicrafts possible. Felted needle project are quite the current rage among crafters. Re-usable coffee cup sleeves in custom team or company colors are a great gift idea, are “green” and work well!
Did you know that goats can eat poison oak, ivy and sumac without any ill effects? And they love Himalayan blackberries if you have noticed your blackberry canes multiplying. Maybe you want to start a goat rental company to eradicate rashes among your neighbors. Goats will eat practically anything so supervision is definitely required!
Herbs:
Rosemary is known as a tick & mosquito repellent. We can’t guarantee it’s effect, but it smells much better than bug spray! It also adds a lovely mild smell when hung to dry in attics or other potentially musty areas.
And if Rosemary fails to repel all the mosquitoes, just rub a little bit of lavender on it to kill the itch and reduce your stress levels at the same time!
Fruit:
Pressing Apples into cider is a fun fall/winter activity. Wait for the first frost and then track down a cider press. The flavor is amazing in fresh cider!
Ready to try your hand at natural dyes? Blueberries and cherries provide a soft, fully natural dye option. Perfect for tie-dye enthusiasts or if you wanted to turn a soft cream roving into a beautiful blue or crimson yarn!
Check out our Roving
Roving and yarn are here
Have you ever been on a weekend drive and found some place that is really unique, fun; some place you want to keep a secret?
Our sheep were shorn earlier this summer and we have plenty of wool roving available and a few skeins of Jacob yarn!
With limited entertainment options, why not tackle a Navajo-Churro roving felting project? Or get ambitious and tackle an entire rug. You can even enlist the help a family member or close friend (Within CDC recommendations of course!)
Want to see how you’d survive in a cold winter with your woolen sweaters, mufflers, hat, gloves and socks? Better start working your Jacob roving into yarn now! Or contact us about our current supply of yarn in natural colors. We look forward to providing local crafters with roving, but we can also ship yarn when available.
Once you’ve mastered spinning, knitting or crocheting, and found a good pattern, the possibilities are limited only by your free time and our supply of roving & yarn!
A quick Google provides plenty of inspiration for felted needle projects & rugs and just as many great knitting patterns for clothing and accessories.
Please browse through the photos on our Wool page or contact us and let us know exactly what color you’re looking for and we’ll try and find it for you!