fuzzi's "Gardens and Chickens...and Goats? Oh My!" Journal and More Thread

[fuzzi]

I have made the jelly and also an infused vinegar which is wonderful on salads mixed with a good olive oil.

Once I have actual elderberries I will be interested in recipes.

 

[fuzzi]

Lois making a nest on fresh straw I provided.

 

[SteepedInSheep]

What do elderberries taste like?
I see where people make 'syrup' from it all the time - but to be used like a tincture in tea & such. Do they make good jam???

Imo, they don't taste good. not very sweet and so full of seeds. My mother makes elderberry juice. But she always juices it with the stems on and the juice is bitter. I don't recommend.

 

[fuzzi]

 

[fuzzi]

Video of Dinah's brood (hatched 4/15/26 & 4/17/26)

 

[Mini Horses]

So, I remove the berries off the stems. They are not sweet. Sorta/kinda a blackberry ish taste You cook, then strain to remove most of the tiny seed centers. I've added the juice to some plums when making jam -- short on needed amount of plums -- & it's delish. They proven to reduce flu/cold symptoms & time because, they say, it stops the virus from replicating. I don't sweeten my juice to a syrup, just enough sugar to take the edge off. A little cinnamon added sometimes tastes ok. I can some whole berries +water for a supply of pure juice for backup when berries are few.

Oh, you get a section of small holes fence -- think rabbit cage -- and drag the pods of berries across it. It'll pull the berries off into the bowl below. pick out all green ones.

 

[fuzzi]

Good Morning!

Three chicks under Momma (I counted)

 

[fuzzi]

So, I remove the berries off the stems. They are not sweet. Sorta/kinda a blackberry ish taste You cook, then strain to remove most of the tiny seed centers. I've added the juice to some plums when making jam -- short on needed amount of plums -- & it's delish. They proven to reduce flu/cold symptoms & time because, they say, it stops the virus from replicating. I don't sweeten my juice to a syrup, just enough sugar to take the edge off. A little cinnamon added sometimes tastes ok. I can some whole berries +water for a supply of pure juice for backup when berries are few.

Oh, you get a section of small holes fence -- think rabbit cage -- and drag the pods of berries across it. It'll pull the berries off into the bowl below. pick out all green ones.

That's helpful, thanks!

 

[fuzzi]

Afternoon. It's in the 90s, so I did chicken chores, watered a few plants, then came inside.

That's Grandma Rahab at the bottom, enjoying some of the mash.