Elderberry Lavender Lemon Tea Classic Lemonade With a Twist Summer is bearing down on us with the hottest month of the year, and we’ve been busy in our kitchen brewing up something delicious and thirst quenching for you. We’re experimenting with a new herbal tea product, just recently added to […]
Monthly Archives: July 2021
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How to Make Elderflower Salve A Soothing Skin Ointment As the final installment in our elderflower herbal information series, we’re exploring more ways to use elderflowers topically. Turns out, the sweet, scented petals of the Sambucus Nigra have anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties that are great for the skin. We were […]
Elderberry Summer Fruit Salad An Extra Splash of Flavor Here in Utah, summer is in full swing. We’ve been enjoying the heat, the fun, and the flavors! We’re especially fond of experimenting with the flavor of elderberries, adding them to herbal teas, breakfast foods, shakes and summer drinks. This little […]
The elderflowers are in full bloom here on the farm, and today we’re continuing our exploration of how to use them. To learn more, we turned again to A Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve, first published in 1931, which contains the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic uses, cultivation, and folklore of […]
Elderberry Chamomile Vanilla Latte Get Better Sleep Did you grow up drinking warm milk at bedtime? Our moms and grandmothers knew that a cup of warm milk at bedtime would help you sleep better. Milk contains tryptophan, an amino acid that converts into serotonin, the hormone that gives you a […]
We’re not just about Elderberries! Benefits of Elderflowers Summer is in full bloom and here on the farm we’re just beginning to see the first blossoms on the elder trees. Elder trees are a familiar object in the English countryside and there’s a wealth of folklore and tradition surrounding this […]