Growing Elderberries

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Antiviral Benefits of Elderberry

On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 9:55 PM someone wrote:

I think you said you'd take my advice to plant these (elderberries). Some gov't agency has transplanted over 100 of them along the bike trail here. I think they were mismanaging the levees downstream and as some sort of mitigation project because "endangered" beetles live on them, they had to do it.

On Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 09:58:27 PM PDT

I have elderberry plants here

On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 10:01 PM wrote:

What do you do with them? Wine? (kidding but people do it). The fruits are mostly seed.

On Thursday, October 10th, 2024 at 9:43 AM

We have one elderberry bush that grew here in the wild. It's skinny but we had enough to make a small bottle of elderberry syrup which is a cold remedy and good for prevention. We bought a couple of small saplings. One is already twice as big (but still small!) and the other might be dead. We might buy more varieties.

So, elderberries should not be eaten raw. They can cause nausea and vomiting. Plus, they are a bit sour. Much better cooked with honey added (that's pretty much the syrup recipe).

Flowers are safe to eat raw and I guess folks make elderflower wine. I'd much rather have the medicinal benefits of the berries, though!

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 2:01 someone wrote:

I'll have to try them here. I've heard grapes can do well. And our blackberries grow wild. We had a whole bunch this year because they say the rain was more than usual.

Once our soil is doing well, I'll be ordering fruit trees that can withstand the very low winter temperatures.

Maybe they can be juiced and used in a smoothie.

On Thursday, October 10th, 2024 at 12:06 AM,

and thus you ignore the seeds, munching them down and swallowing them? I'd like to do as some do, straining the juice

On Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 07:50:32 AM PDT

That's good to know because it'll probably grow here if it can grow in upstate NY.

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 8:35 AM someone wrote:

I presume you eat them raw?

Not raw.