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Sunbeam Borb 🌻:pirate_flag:
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Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:12:37 -0700
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Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:16:19 -0700
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I just noticed they are all ready in Berlin rn too. I was thinking of collecting some for some juice or something
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Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:58:33 -0700
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I plan on making syrup. Most recipes call for honey, but I'm considering maple syrup and putting it on pancakes.
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Adam Robertson
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:15:17 -0700
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Elderberries are a powerful anti-viral. We make a tincture/syrup out of it every year and take shots throughout the fall/winter to combat colds and such.
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Where are your elderberries from? They grow wild here in our part of California, although they have been scanty this year because of drought conditions.
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mike
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:37:23 -0700
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My mum used to pick them wild and make them into wine. I've got many fond memories of raiding the wine cellar. Her strawberry wine was the tastiest, but the elderberry wine was deadly alcoholic.
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Mon, 15 Aug 2022 21:56:23 -0700
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. Do elderberries grow wild where you live? I know they grow in Europe and all over the US
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Tue, 16 Aug 2022 15:12:17 -0700
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I ordered cuttings from a farm and planted them. They're native, but none around where I live that I've found.
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Adam Robertson (3 years ago)
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mike
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:49:39 -0700
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That was in Calif...
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Adam Robertson
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:08:00 -0700
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a little bit of searching reveals that although elderberry does not grow natively in Australia, it has been imported Europe and apparently does very well.
I am surprised the california variant is not more prevalent. I would guess it is more drought tolerant. I can send you some cuttings this fall if you want some.
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mike
Wed, 17 Aug 2022 02:56:35 -0700
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Organic material is heavily scrutinised and sprayed with all kinds of nasty stuff at the border, if they allow it at all. I'll have a look on Diggers... they probably have it.
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mike
Wed, 17 Aug 2022 03:58:01 -0700
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Apparently they've got eldeberry plants at Bunnings, That's the Aussie version of Home Depot; and there's one of those in Mittagong. But they probably only stock them at certain times of the year. Spring is coming so I should look around.
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Adam Robertson
Wed, 17 Aug 2022 07:09:22 -0700
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I would get two from different locations so you have genetic differences. Once you have those in the ground and growing you can do cuttings from them each year in the winter, and plant those in the spring. So far I have 12 elderberry trees growing on my property from cuttings. I plan on doing several more.
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mike
Wed, 17 Aug 2022 14:33:58 -0700
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The first question from the wife we "Aren't those plants poisonous?". Yes. They are. That's an important consideration for a farm in a wildlife corridor. I've heard the tale that animals know not to eat something poisonous, but I'm out there every day watching them and it isn't completely true.
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Adam Robertson
Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:10:26 -0700
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We give the chickens leftover elderberries. Not sure about cows or horses. The dogs and cats dont bother with it
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mike
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 04:17:52 -0700
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It's the leaves, not the berries. I've watched our horses eat all kinds of toxic stuff (anything green) when they're hungry enough or simply bored. But none of this is relevant because the wife vetoed it.
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