One summer we purchased a random package of organic seeds from Seeds for Change when they were having a special intro offer. Among this package of seeds were some calendula flowers which were planted in one of our small 4 by 4 foot square garden beds located in the small yard of our city duplex.

Calendula are rather prolific, and for someone who didn't have a green thumb it was great to see how quickly they came up. There were so many of them that we hopped online to see what we could do with these bright sunny beauties. That is when our calendula salve was born and was a hit as a Christmas present that year. Helping family with cracked heals and dry skin made this a must have in every home.

It was so much fun to make this salve that one thing lead to another and new salves/balms were created. From there we expanded to lip balms for the next years Christmas presents and then in 2014 herbal teas and a new line of salves including deodorant. Eventually we hope to add herbal soaps as well.

With the rise in health care costs, and the taxes imposed on those who do not have health care, the natural health care industry is expanding and the need is growing for lines of herbal and natural ways to help the whole body.

St. Fiacres Farm hopes to embrace this need and provide a quality line of products. 99% of our ingredients are organic and the rest all natural (not certified organic). When we are able, to we try to source local ingredients and some of those even come from our small two acre farm- such as the lovely sunny calendula flowers!

We also run a small blog about our want-to-be homesteading adventure where we hope to grow all of our own food and produce our own medicinals on the almost 2 acre farm that God has blessed us with. In 2014 we added a 42 ft long green house where we grow food year around in our Mid-Willamette Valley Oregon climate. We currently have 1 fluffy rabbit named Betsy, 2 pigmy goats, 4 cats and 11 laying hens. We are currently fencing a portion of our yard for a beef cow. Please join our blog adventure over at www.StFiacres.com !