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Thimble Berry Flower

Nice healthy thimbleberry bush at the front of our yard. They are edible but sort of fuzzy, I don’t like the texture but I do like the flowers.

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Black Elderberry

Black Lace Elderberry Sambucus nigra “Eva” Lacy, purple-black foliage. Soft pink early summer flowers produce fall berries. Hisnibs bought this plant for me for my birthday three years ago Use: jam, jelly. Super Fruit.  Deer Resistant but we have it … Continue reading

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Arbutus Berries

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Holly Berries

Holly grows all over our acreage but none bear the beautiful red berries so cherished around Christmas time.   One Sunday tramp along our gravel road we came across this batch of holly growing in the sun up against a cedar … Continue reading

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Homemade Fruit Juice

Fruit Juice from the book “Living the Good Life” by the Nearings Sterilize quart jars. Have boiling water at hand. Pour about an inch of water into a jar. Stir in up to 1 cup of sugar, brown sugar, honey … Continue reading

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