Business Update for September 2013

Business Update!

Harvesting:
Things are chugging along in the apothecary! We continue to harvest jewelweed, plantain, dandelion, red clover, calendula, chamomile, feverfew, tulsi, lemon balm, mints, and more. We are drying and making infused oils and new products all the time. It's a race against the clock to harvest as much as possible before the first frost! Anything we don't get will have to be purchased instead of raised ourselves, but luckily, we have local sources for almost everything we may need established! Just this past week, I made friends with folks from Franklinton Gardens and hope to get some of their bumper crop of hops flowers!

Retail Sales:
We have been making inroads into selling in retail outlets. We have been at City Folk's Farm Shop for a month or two now. We will be at Bexley Natural Market starting this week. We met with Near East Side Coop last week and are meeting with Clintonville Community Market today! We will soon be in Celebrate Local, too.

Farmer's Markets:
We ended our Easton Farmer's Market season. We really enjoyed meeting lots of new folks and establishing regulars there. We are continuing at 400 West Rich Market through the winter, and hope to add one or two more winter markets: Columbus Winter Market (in Clintonville) and possibly the Pearl Street Winter Market.

Next year, we are looking at the Moonlight Market on Gay Street for the summer as well!

Products:
We have several new products: Blood Sugar Stabilization Tea, Toothpaste, a Pregnancy Gift Pack, and a Medicine Cabinet Starter Kit (4 remedies everyone needs- one price!). We are in production of a spray deodorant. We have our first glycerite tincture in process- lemon balm (an anti-viral that is safe for kids)!

Changing Seasons, Changing Inventory:
We are stopping production of summer items (like sunscreen and bug spray) and upping production of cold and flu items like Cold and Flu Elixir, Cold and Flu Tea, Slippery Elm Lozenges, Cinnamon Honey, Decongestant Shower Disks, Breathe Well Tea, Earache Oil, and the like.

Workshops:
We will be hosting workshops in October and November at City Folk's Farm Shop:

Oct 22 (6:30-8:30): Herbs for the Cold and Flu Season
Nov 5 (6:30-8:30): Make n' Take: Herbal Gifts for the Holidays
Nov 12 (6:30-8:30): Herbs for Women's Reproductive Health

You can register for the classes using the links!

Welcome!

Welcome to the Boline Apothecary blog! Here, we will post the latest news about what is happening in the apothecary: where we will be next, what we are making, newest stores that carry our goods. We will also post educational articles about herbs, medicines we make and the like.

We hope you enjoy!

We are currently working on a new e-commerce website
that will be available at bolineapothecary.com 

It should be up by the end of June. It will allow you to get replacements for Boline products directly. You can either have them shipped or pick them up at the farmer's market!

We will be at three different farmer's markets this summer:

We continue at 400 Market (400 West Rich, 2nd and 4th Saturdays), we start at select North Market Artisan Sundays (we will post when we will be there), and we will be doing Thursdays at Easton Farmer's Market.

By the end of the summer, we hope to be in 12 new stores in the Columbus Area:

American Crow * Bexley Natural Market * Blessed Be* Celebrate Local! * Clintonville Community Market * EcoFlora * Gahanna Herb Center * Magical Druid * Near East Side Cooperative Market * Pearls of Wisdom * Wholly Craft!

We are working on several new products: 

More toiletries, such as body scrubs, bath bombs, deodorant,  lip balms, and lotions/body butters. These tend to be the things that folks at farmer's markets love. We also will be making diaper rash cream (the newest addition to our expanding kid and baby line) and sunscreen (a seasonal offering).

More remedies and tonics such as Cold and Flu Tea, Breathe Well Tea (for asthma and respiratory infections), Fibromyalgia Tonic, a Sore Muscle Rub, and more!