G'day Sandra,
On Jan 25 Sandra Peake wrote to Bill Piehler:
SP>  G'day, Bill. I'm improving, bit by bit, thanks. Once in a while I
SP>  regress a little, but I guess that's to be expected. (No! I expect
SP>  perfection! :-))
That's the spirit mate, never give up, there are others that are much
worse off. When spring arrives, the world looks different altogether..:)
>handy. There are now plantations established not too far from here where
>this oil is destilled from the leaves....It's durned expensive oright!
>Costs about $5 a 50ml bottle..
SP>  Mine is from the Tuesday Plantation. And I pay twice as much. But I'm
SP>  also one of those people who develop an irritation if I use it too
SP>  often. I have to grease myself first.
Yup, that's the plantation. It's well worth the cost, so my wife reckons,
she wouldn't be without it. But one has to be careful using it, it is
very powerful stuff.
>If you ever have a chance being near this trees, when they are in bloom
>and you can smell the fragrance, it's a very heavy warm sorta smell;
>some people don't like it. But the bees love it, and it produces a honey
>that is real black and heavy with a very strong falvour...
>Totally different to what the oil smells like.....
SP>   Oooooo, I have difficulty with heavy odours. Our whole family does. I
SP>   had one citrus flower on my little orange tree (the other flowers had
SP>   become oranges already) and asked my brother to smell it. He just
SP>   about passed out! And when the tree is quite floriferous, I have to
SP>   give it a wide berth for a few days, too.
Well, you would have a job on your hands, trying to avoid  the many
very strong smells some of the trees and flowers give off here. Day as
well as nights.
SP>   Speaking of honey, my favourite "local" honey is buckwheat. It, too,
SP>   comes up very dark with a strong flavour - you simply cannot use it
SP>   in cooking because the flavour is difficult to mask. But I love it! I
SP>   think I would also like Tea Tree honey.
Never tryed buckwheat honey but can imagine that it would be very dark
and strong. Apparently the honey from Horse Chestnut is also very strong
and dark. It was not very much liked by anybody, until some research
revealed, that it has some very healthy properties. Now it is liked much
more. So my sister is telling me... But this kin of tree doesn't grow
around here in the sub tropics, so I haven't any first hand experience..
Take it easy and look after yourself
TTYL...Bill:)
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