Granny's gone and done it again

[troyer]

And did you?


Recipe please? We have elderberry here, two trees or bushes whatever you call them. I made jelly one year, quite good.


I love lamb's quarters! I have, like ONE growing here, lol. But more poke than you can shake a rattle at and I can't stand the stuff.

During that rain storm yesterday all our lavender EE got all mixed up again. DH and I had separated the pullets (as best we could) and put them in the hen house for two nights. So we went out and separated them again. No easy task, they have every kind of comb there is and no other sex characteristics that I can see yet ... anyway then we banded the ones we identified as pullets but who knows! I'll get pics of them and maybe tomorrow or the next day you guys can tell me if we're right or not.

We use honey.
Use whatever size jar you desire, fill with ripe elderberries, jiggle and bump the can to get the berries well settled, pour honey into the jar all the way to the top and let set for three weeks at room temperature. You could refrigerate it as well if that would be easier on the mind. I keep an eye on it on a daily basis at room temperature just to make sure it doesn't become moldy. We haven't ever had a problem with mold, but I keep a close watch anyway.
After the three weeks we strain it and keep it in the fridge. We press the berries to make sure we get as much of the qualities/juices out of them as possible.
The finished product is always thinner than the honey we started with.
A little before we estimate the coughs/colds to start for the season we take a teaspoon or two a day.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

It was SOOOO humid here today! It is 80° here right now and the humidity is 87%. That makes the dew point 76° and the heat index 88°. I'm sure the HI was well over 100 this afternoon/ evening. After being outside I felt like I needed to take a cool shower to dry off!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

We use honey.
Use whatever size jar you desire, fill with ripe elderberries, jiggle and bump the can to get the berries well settled, pour honey into the jar all the way to the top and let set for three weeks at room temperature. You could refrigerate it as well if that would be easier on the mind. I keep an eye on it on a daily basis at room temperature just to make sure it doesn't become moldy. We haven't ever had a problem with mold, but I keep a close watch anyway.
After the three weeks we strain it and keep it in the fridge. We press the berries to make sure we get as much of the qualities/juices out of them as possible.
The finished product is always thinner than the honey we started with.
A little before we estimate the coughs/colds to start for the season we take a teaspoon or two a day.

Whereabouts are you? Here in SE MO honey tends to crystallize due to the high humidity (see above). Would this affect the process or the product, do you think?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Thank you, by the way!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

We got a lot of mulberries this year (relatively speaking), almost a quart. What are they good for? Our tree is ancient and the limbs are far too high to reach, so I can only collect what fall to the ground in good shape. Normally birds and varmints beat me to them but this year they had cicadas instead!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

that was cool. Have you ever ate it?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Why does Tom have 7 pairs of black shoes?

Pack rat. He was getting a new pair one a year.

 

[Debbie292d]

I used to pay my kids a penny apiece for the yellow flowers they picked out of our own yard and we would eat them breaded and fried for lunch. Delicious! The roots were dried, ground and used for coffee by the pioneers, and the greens are good fresh in salads as well as lightly steamed as cooked greens. The dandelion is a very useful plant, and if you let them go to seed you can make wishes on them!

I'm the first one.

 

[Nomadicus]

that was cool. Have you ever ate it?

No but I think I will stop pulling them up and save seed to plant a few rows instead of things that will need irrigating and fertilizing and above all weeding.

 

[Nomadicus]

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I'm the first one.

If I could have a penny for every dandelion plant that I have killed I could buy out Ft. Knox..