The Brushpile
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Berries, berries, berries! Elderberries and Black Choke Berries/Aronia Berries. Both are great for deer and human use, Aronia Berries have the highest antioxidant content of any fruit.
http://aroniaberrynews.com/
Elderbery syrup is expensive.
https://www.naturalhealthyconcepts....ign=ProductListingAds&utm_content=Natures Way
Aronia Juice is more expensive.
https://www.yumza.com/aro_juice_blnd_aronia_berry-5059514.html
http://aroniaberrynews.com/
Elderbery syrup is expensive.
https://www.naturalhealthyconcepts....ign=ProductListingAds&utm_content=Natures Way
Aronia Juice is more expensive.
https://www.yumza.com/aro_juice_blnd_aronia_berry-5059514.html
So berries are being processed, 15 gallons Elderberries that were irrigated, and about 2 gallows of Black Chokeberries.
Elderberries are not picked, they are cut off the plant with a scissors.
Next they are combed off the stem.
Then the stem is discarded. *** Note*** The stem is toxic so berries must be separated from the stem.
Elderberries are not picked, they are cut off the plant with a scissors.
Next they are combed off the stem.
Then the stem is discarded. *** Note*** The stem is toxic so berries must be separated from the stem.
Mrs. Brushpile takes over from there.
Water, sugar and berries are boiled. We use 1/3rd the sugar the recipe calls for.
From there I'm a bystander.
The boiled mix is mashed. The bowl of berries under the colander were just placed there to get them out of the way.
The juice is canned.
At this point we're finished and we have healthy juice to get us through the Winter. However, I hear that the juice can be fermented fur medicinal purposes. ;-)
Water, sugar and berries are boiled. We use 1/3rd the sugar the recipe calls for.
From there I'm a bystander.
The boiled mix is mashed. The bowl of berries under the colander were just placed there to get them out of the way.
The juice is canned.
At this point we're finished and we have healthy juice to get us through the Winter. However, I hear that the juice can be fermented fur medicinal purposes. ;-)
MarkDarvin
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That is an amazing cluster of elderberry you had there.
Elderberry is half weed! If Elderberry has Sun and water, the berries hang to the ground.
I had some nice rain this Spring and then it went dry... bone dry... a quarter inch in July dry and June was dry before that! Then August has been wet and it will be interesting to see what happens.
Today was warm, but the soil is moist.
This White Pine suffered years of drought and died in July.
This Chinese Chinkapin is in the front yard and was watered, but it still went dormant from the drought.
It rained in August so it broke dormancy and is flowering!!!
I hope the burs will still produce.
Today was warm, but the soil is moist.
This White Pine suffered years of drought and died in July.
This Chinese Chinkapin is in the front yard and was watered, but it still went dormant from the drought.
It rained in August so it broke dormancy and is flowering!!!
I hope the burs will still produce.
This is Black Chokeberry. Black Chokeberry is said to be higher in antioxidants than any berry, so I've picked the berries the deer left behind.
Chokeberry is also browsed.
This Spring I will plant Black Chokeberry for home use a berry juice, also called Aronia Berry
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/...uper-berry-with-cancer-fighting-benefits.html
Chokeberry is also browsed.
This Spring I will plant Black Chokeberry for home use a berry juice, also called Aronia Berry
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/...uper-berry-with-cancer-fighting-benefits.html
Brush, If I am not mistaken aren't you from up North like Wisconsin or something...Reason I ask is because you can't base drought here on what you had growing up. High Pressure systems dominate the summers here in the Central/Southern portion of the country. The jet stream typically go's up and over us and High Pressure keeps the rain away. A normal summer will have many 100+ days and no rainfall for extended periods of time. We have had about 2.5" since beginning of July total here and that is a lot for the summer...Just a few miles south of our place our deer lease has seen over 12" in that same time frame. Heck I was surprised my shaded clover never went dormant this summer...it tried to but small showers and some cooler weather brought it out of it. We have a small chance for rain today and I am hoping it materializes. My seed and fertilizer is in the ground patiently awaiting the rains...
I was from WI and IA, but I'm basing drought on what rainfall I'm getting vs the historical monthly average. Then several months in a row are well below the historical average, it's called a drought. For several years I had .5 of an inch in June when the average was 5.5 inches. This July, until the last couple days there was .23 of an inch, when the average is 2.25.
Vineyards have had to cut grapes off the vine to save the vines from dying, pastures have had to be reseeded, and large trees have died. When I moved here the rivers were full and I had days when I caught 50+ bass a day, now all that remains are a few minnows.
Vineyards have had to cut grapes off the vine to save the vines from dying, pastures have had to be reseeded, and large trees have died. When I moved here the rivers were full and I had days when I caught 50+ bass a day, now all that remains are a few minnows.
No drought here this year and we are Way behind Missouri here on the hollow... Heck if we get .5 in a month from June - September here it's a win! Last 2 80%+ chances didn't produce a drop and high pressure has gripped us once again...our rains usually begin in mid October...
