blend together the elderflower tea recipe and store it away for winter time. it’s great to have on hand for flu season! it’s the last day of september. tomorrow we’ll be start learning about lemon balm.

i love to sing about herbs! it’s such a fun way to remember all of their valuable uses. have you sang the elderberry song? sing it today!

have you been practicing your elderberry flute? it’s a bit magical the way it sings, isn’t it?!

who wants a special dessert tonight? get in the kitchen and make some elderberry dumplings! don’t forget the vanilla ice cream or freshly whipped cream. yum, yum, yum!

take some leftover berries and make your elderberry ink today. visit a local chicken farmer to get a feather to make a quill (or find one at a craft store). want some extra fun? make some ‘parchment paper’ by brewing up a strong batch of black tea, wad up a paper (the more wrinkled up […]

it’s the first day of autumn! celebrate by making an elderberry pie!

strain your elderberry glycerin 1 more time, leaving behind any residue on the bottom of the jar. this will keep any moisture left behind from the previous straining from causing the glycerin go rancid. now it’s ready to label and use!

harvest some elderberry branches to make a flute today! they are fun to make and quite easy. the trick is in learning to play them. be sure to ask mother elder for permission to harvest a branch and thank her…you can leave a little cornmeal at her base, or birdseed to feed the birds, sing […]

how’s your elderberry glycerin coming along? if you started it 2 weeks ago, you can strain it off and finish it up today! just in time to prepare for flu season.

it’s time to pull your silks out of their dye bath and rinse them! they should be a lovely cornflower blue. heavenly, aren’t they?! hang them to dry outside and then play away!

How about that syrup? It’s tasty, isn’t it?! Treat your family to some elderberry soda tonight!

Have you made any elderberry syrup yet? If not, make some today! It’s great to have on hand before flu season starts.

Dance! Be Elderberry! Sway in the breeze to the song of the cicadas, crickets and chickadees!