Over the past several months, I’ve found myself with little time for research on elderberries — I’d really hoped to get some bushes planted this spring, but for various reasons in my personal life, flowerbeds took a back seat and that didn’t happen, putting me back another year on finally getting my own bushes growing. Bummer! (Thankfully Ulrich Young is picking up the slack and supplying me with some, so I can finally try the elderberry jelly recipe that’s been kept waiting for so long! More purply-fingered elderberry photos coming whenever I get working on that.)
But while I’ve been focused on other things, I’ve been delighted to see elderberries.com become a spot for people to discuss elderberries! Except… that my site wasn’t really built as a discussion place, leaving the threads are a bit disjointed. So… I created a message board for discussion on elderberries! It’s linked up at top left, 2nd link, and I’m hoping that perhaps it can be a place for the haves and the have-nots, or the knowledgeable and the knowledge-nots (okay, you know what I mean) to get together and share questions and answers regarding the wonderful little elderberry. Feel free to comment with any suggestions on changes or additions that would make it more useful!
5 responses so far ↓
1 Crackedcork in WV // Aug 13, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Glad to see this site is about elderberries now:) We also have an elderberry site, more dedicated to growing them for winemaking, I think we have about 75 or so bushes going now, they are very easy to grow. We made jam this year, the seeds adding a nice crunch to it, now we cant make up our mind to make jam or wine! Crackedcork
2 Jen // Sep 14, 2008 at 11:19 pm
I just have a question. We have about 20 pounds of elderberry’s that have been in the freezer for 5 years. I think they are probably frostbitten and not usable. My partner thinks they should be fine. Any ideas, help would be great. Thanks
-jenatkin@gmail.com
3 Aileen Verbrugge // Sep 15, 2008 at 5:28 am
elderberries rule
i love them >>>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 Marijane Wms-Mc // Sep 21, 2008 at 7:58 am
I’m looking to buy either frozen elderberries or frozen juice, to have shipped to my parents in FL — their crop was destroyed this year by storms, and they’re terribly disappointed. I tried contacting Mr. Ulrich, but the e-mail was returned as undeliverable. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
5 Ulrich Young // Sep 27, 2008 at 7:46 am
I still have some frozen elderberrries from this years harvest. You can e mail me at
robcrkranch@hotmail.com and I will e mail you info on them.
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