§ Berry
Elderberry
Harvest window: Aug-Sep
How to harvest it
Cut umbels when berries dark (cook before eating)
Keeping it
Freeze/dry
In the kitchen
Syrup, jam - raw is toxic
Worth watching for
- Aphids
- Leaf spot
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Grow elderberry in your own yard.
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