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The listing, Make Money with Jewelweed has ended.

My wildcrafter buddy and I pick a LOT of this plant. We were unable to fill all of our orders for it this year. Soap crafters use this to make jewelweed soap that is used for poison ivy relief. It has become a very popular soap. I have known the price of dried jewelweed to go for 45 dollars a pound.
You can make your own soap, its a simple recipe that I am glad to share with winners of my auctions, or you can grow it to sell to soap makers. Better yet, grow it to attract hummingbirds. They will gravitate to this plant above all others when it is blooming.
This plant makes small capsules that "pop" at the least amount of disturbance and will throw their seed a considerable distance. Collecting the seed is a real challange and each pod only has four or more seeds each. These seed were harvested from our personal stash in the Appalachian Mountains grown wild.
Our last order for this plant was for 100 lbs. Commercial soapmakers have a difficult time obtaining it and are begging for it as well as the small time soap crafters.
The Native Americans used this plant fresh to help relieve the stinging, spread and itch from poison ivy, poison nettle, a variety of rashes, insect bites, etc.
A must for every medicine cabinet.
I also have some of our soap made with this up for auction now. Check it out.

this auction is for thirty very difficultly obtained seed.

If you are willing to pay pal me 2.00 for shipping I will double the seed count, other wise the count will be for 30 +
Questions & Comments
Original
Can you add poison ivy seeds too so I can grow some to rub on my arm so I can test the jewelweed to see if it works first before bidding??? How long does it take the poison ivy seeds to grow? Oh, well I guess the auction will be over by then. I guess I been in the woods too long. The trees are starting to talk to me.

Just funning ya. I know how hard those seeds are to collect. You know why they are called Touch Me Not's too? Because when the seed pods get ripe with seed and you get too close to them, your body heat makes the suckers explode before you can get your fingers on them. I bet we popped more than we got this summer. ; >
Dec 8th, 2012 at 9:01:17 PM PST by
Original
Yeah, marie, just come on over, I got some good leaf in the outhouse you can try out, lolol. You keep stalkin me on here and Im gonna post that pic I have of you pigging out at the all you can't eat diner they kicked us out of.......LMAO
Dec 8th, 2012 at 10:44:36 PM PST by
Original
did somebody already get the soap// i didnt see any listed??
Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:14:29 AM PST by
Original
I'll look to see what I have left. I sent my entire stock to a troop over in Iraq for Christmas. They have some vicious bugs over there and needed it for stings and bites. They cleaned me about out. I plan on making some more AFTER I get around to making more blackberry and chigger jelly. I'll let you know, lol.
Dec 9th, 2012 at 7:17:55 AM PST by
Original
Golfcartgirl, check out my auctions. I just added jewelweed that you can make your own soap with.
Dec 10th, 2012 at 9:11:08 PM PST by
Original
Cantankerous did you tell these people we made $500 each on the last order we sent to a well known soap manufacturer for jewelweed? You can really make some good $ selling the jewelweed!
Dec 11th, 2012 at 3:15:49 PM PST by
Original
ahhhh, I've spent it all......but did discover a box I forgot to include, so am offering fresh jewelweed on here now. Figured someone might want to try their hand at soapmaking for Christmas presents. Hey, thursday, friday, good weather, lets hit the woods while we can. Im wanting them vines on that ridge I was telling you about. ROAD TRIP...lol, I'll drive us to the base.
Dec 11th, 2012 at 3:23:18 PM PST by
Original
will these grow in various climates??? I am in colorado.
Dec 14th, 2012 at 5:57:10 PM PST by
Original
Yes it will.
Dec 14th, 2012 at 6:36:56 PM PST by

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