Could elderberry syrup help fight a virus? I didn’t even think about this. I didn’t know about any of the scientific studies that have shown all the wonderful reasons to enjoy elderberry syrup when I was scaling a concrete wall and inching down a steep incline to reach the river bed where a neighbor had […]
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Yes, making simple syrup can be super easy. Today I’m going to tell you the easiest way ever. This post contains affiliate links. Go here to read the full (ultra fun) legal disclosure about that. Maybe I should clarify; this is easy for those of you who still have fragrant blooms abounding in your neck of
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I’m pretty much obsessed with syrup, so it’s not unusual I wanted to know how to make forsythia syrup when I spied all the blooms in a neighbor’s backyard. When mid-May rolls around this sugarmaker is ready to think about syrup making again. If I’m lucky, we’ve finally gotten all the buckets and maple-syrup-making tools
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Seriously, today I’m gonna tell you how to make your own lilac sugar that can’t be beat. You’ll love sweetening your tea with it, sprinkling some over your next cupcakes, or using it to bake scones or sugar cookies. And it’s about the easiest thing I’ve ever made. In fact, the secret about lilac sugar?
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Mint Lilac Tea–which I can totally grow, harvest, dry, and make at home–gives me great joy for very little effort. Now you can’t say that about many things in life. So I figured it was about time that I tell you about this tea.
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Have you tried making a floral simple syrup? If not, you may be shocked to find out how easy it is to make and even gift to friends and family. This week, I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of a few thrilling things here on the homestead, and while I wait I figured it was very
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Honey is delicious. But floral-infused honey very well may be one of the sweeteners of heaven, right alongside maple syrup of course. Because I’m in love with my heirloom lilacs here around my 200-year-old farmhouse, and because I love experimenting with anything lilac flavored, my first attempt at honey infusion was a given. I knew
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If you haven’t tried making kombucha, I wanna change that; if you haven’t tried lilac blueberry kombucha, I hope I convince you that you’ll be a better person if you do. Okay, so that’s a little heavy handed. But I can promise that the few minutes of your day that you sit back with a
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Lilacs are at their peek around our old farmhouse today, so I’m making lilac syrup, canning it, and making two lists: ways to use it and who I wanna gift this deliciousness to this year. I thought I’d share in this post all the info you need to do all of the above or just
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Making syrup from trees in your own backyard is extremely rewarding–not to mention so sweetly delicious! But I’m not just talking about making maple syrup. While I do love DIY maple syrup, I’m actually writing about something that may surprise you today… Lilac Syrup. (Of course you can also read all about our backyard production
