Welcome to The Cherry On Top.
My apologies for not being consistent. The world is really on its head for a bit and shows no signs of uprighting itself. Hehehe...No worries, I've got so many blogs still planned including free designs, free templates, more fun travel blogs, cooking (peaches are next) blogs and more, more, more! Just hang in there.
Y'all! Before I could even finish this blog, I yet again, got an infection from a brush with a rose thorn as I was picking up my dog's poop. My finger was nearly twice its normal size. This time, I knew right what to go for. Unreal?!
Recently, I barely bumped an old rose bush while working in the garden. It really was just a quick, little prick and not deep at all. I sucked on the wound and carried with my work. I've had many a row with a rose and never ever had issues, until now. Ugh!
I couldn't even sleep that night! The pain was terrible. In the morning, I saw my knuckle was really swollen and red. By the next day, I couldn't see two knuckles from the swelling. I considered going to the doctor, it was that bad.
So read further to learn what I did to stop the pain on contact, grab some pretty rose inspired designs and check out some of my roses from our gardens both past and present. They are nothing fancy because I am not at all a fan of roses, even less so now. Hehehe... Right click and download the designs.
I went online to see if I could find any answers and as usual, what I read nearly scared me half to death! When will I learn?! So there's a thing called sporotrichosis. It's a fungal infection that spreads to bones and joints and boy oh boy were my bones hurting. I had burning, throbbing pain in my pinky as well and it was spreading really fast. Great! I tried all kind of stuff. Of course, washing and antiseptic spray. Then some coconut oil and none of that worked at all.
Here's a variety of roses in our tiny front garden from a former house. I could't just rip out these really old roses. Besides, you can eat the petals, make tea and I love refrigerating my rose water when the temperatures rise.
Ice helped a bit with the swelling, but only temporarily.
I knew that tea tree oil was an anti-fungal and that it needs a carrier oil. So, I went with castor oil which is anti fungal, anti bacterial and anti viral. If y'all still ain't got this in the medicine cabinet, get on it.
I put a few drops of each in the palm of my hand and with my index finger, dabbed the mix on the infected area. People, I had immediate relief. Thank the Lord above because I was needing relief. How crazy easy is that?! I used my mix three times a day. First thing in the morning, sometime in the afternoon and right before bed.
I had no sign of any injury at all after just two days. I was dumbfounded. If you've been following me all of these years, you know how granola crunchy I am. Experiences like this is all the encouragement one needs to continue on this path.
Of course, this is not medical advice. I wouldn't dare! I'm simply sharing a story and while I'm at it, I'll link you up with another blog where tea tree oil saved the day. There's this one and how it was the only thing that got rid of our lice dilemma after years of turmoil. I also used it to eradicate my toenail fungus. Again, nothing worked! It did take a really long time. I recommend not using toenail polish at all, ever. Since I treated my tootsies with the tea tree oil and stopped using incredibly toxic nail polish, my nails are beyond fab. I will spare you photos! Hehehe...Take my word for it. The little ridges and lines are gone and my nails are so nice and white, they look like they had a French Manicure.
This rose came with the house along with many others around the back garden. I left this one in the pot it came in and moved it by the door. I added some other plants all around the outside to help fill in the pot. I should definitely take some pics.
I blogged about container gardening and it's a big hit. Did you miss it? I just love container gardens! Click the image below, for some serious inspiration and wait until you see the next blog dedicated to it. My planters never cost more than $20 to design. Some can even cost nothing. I've been hitting up our green dump and the green container at the cemetery. Is that not a cool thing to do? I don't know. I just can't stand when people throw out a perfectly good plant!
Grab a few more free designs with a vintage vibe and roses. Grrr...Hehehe...I'm pretty sure the below design might be a sticker.
So apparently, roses can have a mold like residue on them. Those are the ones ya wanna watch out for! You can treat this mold with neem oil. Just two tablespoons in a gallon of water and spray the crap out of infected areas. If you've got aphids, spray a mix or water and a few drops of dishwashing liquid. You'll have to do it a lot, but it totally works and it's non toxic. That's our thing at The Cherry. If having two kids with Autism taught me anything it's that we live in a very toxic world. So, our little world, our bubble we live in, needs to be as toxic free as possible and let me tell you, folks, natural remedies almost always work and I will be back with more. I've cured myself of so many things using CBD oil, black seed oil and DMSO. The results were so unbelievable, I have to tell you. I wrote it down on my short list. So come on back in the next month or so and perhaps cure your reflux, allergies and other not so nice ailments.
How do you use your roses? Did you know, if you are cutting them for scent, it's best to do it in the morning? If you have roses with large petals, you can candy them and charge a frig'n fortune for them?! Sell them for fancy parties and weddings! I love rose water. It's crazy easy to make. You'll kick yourself in the fanny for not doing it ages ago. Put a pot on the stove, get it good and warm, chuck in some petals, maybe a good handful either dry or fresh, turn down the heat, let it simmer about 10-15 minutes and strain. Duh, right?! I put my cooled liquid in a recycled, spray bottle and keep it in the fridge. When I get overheated in the garden, I come in and spray it all over. I use it to tame my frizzy mass as well. It costs, literally nothing! Don'cha just love that?! Totally Cherry!
Here's your last design. It all can be found in Design Bundles. Yes, I'm still holding on to this shop. Goodness gracious! It changes as often as I change my dern underwear! The whole thing is different. It's all membership, now and the designers get some kind of minuscule percentage of sales, but $20 a month is better than $0, right? This is the collection where some of the goodies come from.
Thanks loads for stopping by! May your day be filled with health and laughter.
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