Keeping the spica cast dry and clean is usually the most difficult aspect of caring for an infant/child in a spica body cast. For infants and toddlers, diaper and skin care can often be a challenge. The general rule of thumb is to keep the infant/child as normal as possible, and the cast as dry as possible!
The marshmallow plant grows in more than one continent. The common marshmallow plant (Althaea officinalis) is a green perennial that grows large, bee-pollinated, white flowers from July to September, followed by seedpods that ripen from August to October.he common marshmallowâs leaves, flowers, roots and seeds are edible. The roots contain a mucilagelike material that can be cooked into a soft sweet food -- the original marshmallow candy. Making it begins with peeling and thinly slicing several roots.
MARSHMALLOWS â A BRIEF HISTORY. Marshmallows come in all shapes and sizes. The ones most of us know best are the âpink and whitesâ. Although at Mallow and Marsh, we have cappuccino brown, nutty coconut and minty cream with chocolate chips too â fluffy and crazy delicious. For almost all food we eat, recipes have developed over hundreds of years and marshmallows are no different! Have you ever given a second thought to where the mere marshmallow began?