The Elderberry Co.: Shop Immune Boosting Elderberry In Pakistan

The Elderberry Co.: Shop Immune Boosting Elderberry In Pakistan 

I love it when happenings in everyday life inspire me to write a blog. This blog’s inception came about due to the freezing weather, which caused me to clean out my freezer (which hasn’t been done in way too long!). So you are thinking–she’s not really going to blog about cleaning out the freezer–is she? Well just for another sentence or two… It is about 15 degrees F today (in the single digits at night), so it is perfect for holding a lot of frozen things while the freezer thaws. Right now there are four laundry baskets and one large cardboard carton full of frozen foods on the covered backporch. And they are all lightly covered with a dusting from this morning’s snow.

It is amazing how much can fit into a freezer–and as I emptied it out–I separated a lot of stuff that was headed for the compost. Right now the birds and other wildlife are feasting on old blueberries, sour cherries and elderberry pulp and seeds. And the compost pile has a whole new layer of organic matter.

I was happy to find a six-cup bag of frozen elderberries. I recall putting them in the freezer with the thought that when I had more time, I would make something with them. During the elderberry harvest season, I make shrub. Once the berries are harvested, picked over and stemmed (which is labor intensive), I usually make shrub, which is one of my favorite herbal remedies and ways to use elderberries. I put them into organic apple cider vinegar and let them macerate for 4 to 6 weeks before straining and adding honey.