Tag Archives: Soft Fruits
New 140 foot Elderberry Hedge row on the farm.
So we spent a number of hours moving those baby Elderberry’s out of the bed they were in, and we had enough to do more then just one back row of them in hedge space, we have enough to do … Continue reading
Bumper Crop of Baby Elderberries Bushes
When we moved to our little farm, one of the first things we did when spring arrived was start looking at our local bushes in the hopes that we would have lots of wild food, what we had the most … Continue reading
Red Current Jelly
What do you use your Red Currents for? Do you make Jelly, or do you make Juice? or how about Wine? Mix them in with other fruits to add a boost of flavor? This type of jelly is such a … Continue reading
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Tagged Canning, Garden, jams and jellies, Soft Fruits
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Red Currents-Making more plants
Happy Easter Weekend, I do hope that everyone is enjoying their long weekend and their family time. It is a blessed time of year! Finished prepping a new 16 by 16 four row bed and got it all planted out, … Continue reading
Strawberries
Ah, Strawberries, those ripe sweet juicy red non-fruits that we all think of as a fruit. I have a lot of strawberries in my soft fruit garden, I have two kinds of strawberries my June producers, that give me one … Continue reading
BlueBerry Pinapple Fruit Recipe
Blueberry Pinapple One Pint of Canned Pinapple in light syrup One bag of 3 cups blueberries-Mix of garden/Wild picked 2 tbsp of Lemon Juice 2 tbsp of Lime Juice 2 tbsp of my Ginger Syrup (or 1 tsp of ground … Continue reading
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Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Soft Fruits
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Elderberry Syrup Recipe
We are blessed to have wild Elderberries growing on the farm when we moved here, we have since given a helping hand to create another 15 plus bushes to grow at different spots on the farm. I made a number … Continue reading
Posted in Food Production and Recipes, frugal, gardening, local food, wild foods
Tagged Canning, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Soft Fruits
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Garden Count for 2010-Zone 5
Its worth noting that when we moved to the farm, that the only thing here was six old overrun rubarb plants, so everything else has been added by us, and there for is no older then five years in age.. … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 