Comments on: Hoop House Frame is Up, and Winter

By: Independence Days - Week 8 | MamaStories

Independence Days - Week 8 | MamaStories — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:51:20 +0000

[...] planted the hoop house frame, sewed the row covers together for the quick hoops (3 5×10′ covers make 1 10′ x [...]

By: brooklinemama

brooklinemama — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:19:01 +0000

Yes, the link was broken due to some weird WordPress problem. It was a pesky one to correct, don’t know why.

My aunt is a well-known homeopath in Toronto (she’s now in Guelph) and
she is always extolling elderberry.

Your recommendations about sourcing it would be VERY welcome. I can buy it at the local Whole Foods but then it’s $16.99 for a 4 oz. bottle!

I live just West of Boston and don’t know of any herbal medicine shops around here. There used to be one in Harvard
Square in Cambridge (where DH works) but that’s unfortunately long gone.

I wouldn’t mind taking a country drive into the West to find some elderberry. It would be a special treat for a mileage-conscious girl, and I might pick up some straw too while I’m at it.

By: nika

nika — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:02:47 +0000

LOL sorry, guess with pingbacks its easy to race too far ahead (your original post had a broken link with the elderberry so wasnt sure what you had planned there)

I am not sure where you live but if its near my region I can make a recommendation re: where to buy these things. (I live in south central MA)

By: brooklinemama

brooklinemama — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:38:14 +0000

Hi Nika,
yes I got the info about elderberry through your Humble Garden (cf. link in post). So we are in sync, only with me lagging a little bit behind you ;))

By: nika

nika — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:31:23 +0000

Thnx for the mention :-) We are synched I think (winks) I just wrote about making elderberry elixir – check this out http://www.humblegarden.com/2009/10/12/elderberry/

it tastes ok, hoping it does the job!