Homemade soda… DIY coke… Whatever you want to call it; I didn’t think homemade soda could possibly be any good. So I stuck with homemade gatorade and DIY kombucha, but I never even tried to make homemade soda. I’m about to show you something that will change the way you look at soda forever.
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If you know me, you know I love good syrup. I kinda wrote the book on it, actually. (See inside Sweet Maple here. Or grab an autographed copy here.) But I started wondering last week… can you make simple syrup from rhubarb? Rhubarb is an amazing plant. The ruby red and green stems are loaded
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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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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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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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