Time for infusions

     I must have spent hours in the back yard and in my neighbors' yards over the course of a week gathering up dandelions to make dandelion infusions for dandelion soap.  I've been waiting with baited breath to make this soap since I read about it in an article last Fall.  And since we don't use pesticides in our yard, I figured my own flowers would be safe to use.  So when the dandelions started popping up in the yard, out I went.  I filled a large bowl and figured that would be enough to fill a large jar for a nice infusion.  I was so excited.  I set the flowers to dry on a paper towel and a few days later noticed that they had considerably reduced in size.  I mean they really shrank a lot!  It wasn't even enough to fill 1/4 of a jar.  No bueno. 

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