Planning ahead and preparation for your project is always a good idea. It is always nice to have the dried flowers or herbs on hand, ahead of time. Not only for convenience, but you are able to sort out colors, sizes, sorting the fragrant from the not- so- fragrant and so on. And also, it is a little difficult to collect herbs and flowers in winter, at least around here. But don't let winter stop you from collecting specimens. Branches and boughs should be collected during dormant times. These can be spray painted or varnished and set aside until you will be utilizing them. Some people leave them plain, but they seem to dry out sooner and become brittle.
Seed-pods can be collected in the fall, and sprayed with hair spray, paint or varnish.
Some flowers and herbs will be dried ahead, and hung in a dry, cool area.
Others will be perserved in a different way, for future use. (explained as we do each project)
Another idea is to collect little bottles with cork stoppers for any essential oils we make. The prettier, the better. You will probably want to dispay these and show them to your friends.
And remember to save a few clean herbs in food safe containers for Boo-Boo Belly Remedies given in Grand Maw's Remedies for Boo-Boo Belly and such.
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