The Hen and Hound

06/17/2026

We are officially a vendor! Come shop this week. Each week will have new stuff.

This week, herbal aromatherapy salt baths and milk baths with flower petals.

We are thrilled to be back this year and look forward to welcoming you in May to engage with our impressive array of vendors, featuring both returning and new faces. If your business is keen on vending with us, particularly in the perishable and food sectors, please get in touch as we have spaces to fill.

06/10/2026

I am afraid the Hen and Hound will only be open for midnight madness. Then we must pack up and leave site for a family medical emergency.

We hope to see everyone tonight and then perhaps next year.

06/06/2026

You don't need to have an accident to need pain relief. You just need to unload the vehicles, put up a merchant tent and then help put up some pavilions.

I am totally using the gloves that come with the angry tiger balm.

06/06/2026

This is clear glass. That's the color of the oil.

You know that phrase, "Abandon all hope ye who enter here."? This is the product version of that saying. Arnica oil. Great for bruises and speeding healing.

Maybe you mouthed off to the earl marshall and they made you reauthorize? In a bear pit full of dukes.

Perhaps you didn't miss that trailer hitch with your knee?

Let's not forget that tent stake and hammer incident with your hand.

There are more ways to bash yourself silly at war than there are grains of sand on the beach. This might help. It's probably too strong? Don't use it if you take blood thinners and keep it away from your face. My fighter is eager to try rolling this on glorious trophies of battle.

06/04/2026

This is our summer season flagship product. The item to build a business around. Ultimate aloe lotion. Light as air. Soaks into skin instantly with not too much oil. It's summer time, you don't need heavy moisture. But soothing, nurturing care for sun stressed skin. This is it.

The bottles are unscented. Even gentle fragrance can irritate skin. We have a fragrance bar where you can choose a scent to have added to your bottle.

06/03/2026

I had to take a photo before labels got applied. This is the natural beauty of real aloe vera gel. A gentle scent and opaque milky green color. It looks nothing like the aloe gel you're used to in the big box stores because it's nothing like those 'aloe' gels. Like many folks, do you have a bottle hiding in your medicine cabinet? Go read the label. We will wait.

How far down the list did you have to go before you found any aloe vera? Is your gel a fluorescent shade of green that makes you think of a cheap St Patty's day beer? Water, food coloring and probably some rubbing alcohol to make it ev***rate quickly and give you a cooling sensation. Which by the way, will dry your skin out more.

We present to you aloe vera as nature created it. We include in this formulation a 1% hyaluronic acid to soothe, calm and give your poor abused skin the comfort it is crying out for.

Look at you. You didn't think about sunscreen and now you look medium-well. Do you want real ingredients or junk? Your skin is the largest organ in the human body and what you put on it matters.

We will sell out. For sure. We can't formulate such mixtures on site, we need the lab for this one.

06/03/2026

Isn't this pretty? Arnica cream for those times you didn't duck. Or the dreaded trailer hitch to the shin.

This cream is built with a rather stout arnica infusion. It has a gentle herbal aroma and green tint from the dried herbs. Arnica helps with bruises, swelling and inflammation. Great for helping speed healing.

Not recommended for those on blood thinners. And if you have a severe ragweed allergy, like me, this plant is botanically related and can cause a reaction in some folks.

That said, my fighter loves it on sore muscles.

05/31/2026

Introducing the one product sold in heavy tinted glass. Mostly because we are a little concerned it might dissolve a plastic container.

Angry Tiger Balm. Camphor, menthol and cayenne all steeped together in a light yet oily base. All the better for massaging into the spots that need some love and attention.

As usual, no eyes, no broken skin. For the love of all that is holy keep it away from sunburns. Or not. All of site will hear your screaming.

To protect the glass in transport these will be sold in small boxes with a pair of latex gloves. They're cushion for the glass and protection for you. Even if you use the gloves, wash your hands after.

05/31/2026

Do you ever come up with an oh so clever plan? Something so brilliant you impress yourself. Then upon implementing said plan it works really well. Like too well.

There is no way for this to go wrong. Air conditioning, in a tube. To just swipe on exposed skin and allow the stick to work it's magic.

When I opened the lid to the melt container the fumes literally knocked me back like a solid object. My vision blurred. I swear I heard the v***r slap my face and call me something rude in a foreign language.

On the bright side, the stick applicator means your hands are safe.

Introducing AC in a Tube. Bring a cooling sensation to your skin. Don't get near your eyes. Or other mucous membranes. Probably keep it off your fingers if you wear contacts. Wash your hands before a trip to the restroom.

We didn't bother with fragrance.

05/30/2026

Isn't this pretty? Whipped cream? No. Cake batter? Good guess but not batter either.

Max strength magnesium butter. Nourishes skin and helps your cramping muscles feel like they're getting a massage. It's perfect for sealing in a spray or two of our magnesium oil to help all that tingly goodness soak in and convince muscles to stop with the knots.

We know. Your charge into battle was indeed glorious. That's the story and we're sticking to it. Not that you threw your back out hammering in tent stakes under the boiling sun. Also, wrestling that center pole into the hole while your spouse was shouting that they were losing their grip and you better hurry.

Get everything fixed up before it's time to take that tent down again. The jar and sprayer are both large enough to do it all again at home after you unpack.