Yes,the Stillman’s have been hit with the first real flu of the season and it’s probably all my fault. I collected the elderberries last month and even a few more with weekend,but have yet to make any elderberry syrup to give them their daily does of antiviral and vitamins. But I will say [...]
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   | Sorry for the delay,but I have finally downloaded the pictures from the elderberry field trip and experimented with some elderberry-cherry jelly! Here are the photos from our trip to the River Ranch owned by Wildlands Inc. We pretty much caravaned down the levee picking berries as we went. Or I should say Bill (from [...] There are 5 spots left in the Elderberry Field Trip! I have spoken further with Wildlands Inc. and YES,kids are welcome! So I should say we have room for 5 more families. Here is the basic information for or field trip:We will meet at their elderberry mitigation site Tuesday,July 27 in the [...] It is definitely Spring at the Stillman House. The garden has taken off,the hens are laying,and our butterflies have emerged! And with Spring comes pollen and LOTS of it. It is literally raining pollen in our yard. I came across this article in Mother Earth News that has a good summary of allergy triggers [...] Well,the kids are just getting over their first cold of the rainy season. Every time the weather changes significantly my kids get sick. So basically that means Fall (about the time for Feast of Tabernacles or Halloween) and Spring (in time for Passover and Easter). They had very typical symptoms of stuffy nose,low [...] A few weeks ago I was able to go elderberry harvesting with my friend Shula and our kids. It was a really fun day! We only hit three trees before my kids began to melt down,but it was enough for both of us to have two plastic grocery bags full of berries. Elderberry shrubs [...] |  
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