I finally got the main ingredients to make some elderberry syrup. The recipe I used called for some items I didn’t have, like cloves (note to self: buy cloves), so I substituted with a star anise. I also used a whole cinnamon stick and I used fresh sliced ginger. The process was pretty simple, but I think I had the burner turned on too high because what should have taken 45 minutes only took 20 and I couldn’t let it go longer or the liquid would have boiled out. I’ll know better next time.
After I let the mixture cool down a little, I used a potato masher and mashed the berry mixture. I wanted to get out all the goodness I could! I then strained the mix through a fine-mesh metal strainer and let the liquid cool some more…except I let it cool a bit too long so when it came time to mix in the raw honey (which was a creamy, crystallized product) I had to work it into tepid liquid. That was a challenge. The final result, however, was worth it. It was very sweet, and very berry-ish, and it will not at all be a hardship to take a tablespoon a day. I think I may make a larger batch next time if we decide this is a supplement we want on a regular basis. I would say the main cost factor would be the raw honey, which Jesse tells me we don’t actually have to use raw honey, we can use the processed kind. But I feel like if I’m trying to get the most nutrients into us as possible, we should shell out some higher moola for the good stuff.
We received our activated charcoal as well, so I gave it a try brushing my teeth with the powder. I can’t say I noticed a huge whitening effect but I do notice a little one, and my teeth felt very clean afterward. It did make a bit of a mess like folks said it would, but I was fairly careful and it was easily cleaned up. I also took two of the pill capsules and I may get into a routine with those as well to clean out toxins from my body. Of course, activated charcoal doesn’t differentiate the good from the bad, it just sucks everything out, so I don’t want to overdo it.
I have been keeping an eye on my ginger bug and it appeared ready for use, so I mixed the starter liquid with some coconut/pineapple juice and let it meld together overnight in a pitcher. Last time when my bug didn’t work out, someone suggested that I should have let it hang out overnight to get the process started with the new juice sugars. I poured the mixture into my flip-top bottles when I got home from work and let me tell you, that was a thick juice! Perhaps I should have thinned it with water first? I will let it hang out a couple days and give it a try.
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Jesse showed me his plans to increase the chicken coop run, and it’s MUCH larger than I had anticipated. It basically spans the entire length of our backyard, like a long rectangle, but really we aren’t using that particular area for anything anyway. It will be nice for the girls when the time comes that we cannot let them roam the entire yard because of garden items sprouting.
I mentioned that we bought six new baby chicks, didn’t I? Well, we did, and we have lost one so far, but the other five seem to be doing well. Then my sister let me know her friends are getting out of the chicken business and did we want seven adult layers? Decisions, decisions! We are still deciding because if none of the other chicks die we would have 19 chickens in our backyard, and even I think that is a bit much. Jesse says we’d probably process a couple of the poorer layers, but that would still leave us with a bunch of hens. We’ll see, but we need to decide quickly because they need them gone. But we will need the new run in place if we do take them. So much to do! (Which, I’ll be honest, will all be on Jesse as I don’t build things.)
We purchased a pear tree at Costco a couple days ago to replace the one the voles had eaten. It was only $12 for a good-size pear tree! They had apple, pear, plum, and cherry trees available, so go get some while you can! I cannot wait for our trees to start producing!
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