#elder flowers

So, I have been thinking about what to post in a week for the Hagging out challenge, which I was kindly accepted into by @graveyarddirt ♥

As it is, I have been unknowingly Hagging out for the whole of June anyway, foraging, tincturing, oiling and otherwise preserving. 

In the past month, I have (among others, that I have not photographed) processed:

Elder flowers andsaffron:

Started a rose tincture yesterday:

But today and this week, I am working on something special, that may warrant a longer post  for Hagging out challenge days:

A Kyphi-type incense of herbs, resins and more blended in a wet base of raisins, dates, honey and wine to form small pellets, dried over several weeks and preserved in benzoin and dragons blood powder.