Hello everyone, is it summer yet? We were nearly there then winter came back with a vengeance but the forecast looks cautiously optimistic for the temperatures to climb in the next week or two. It's last chance saloon this week to gather elderflowers if you're after making anything. They don't last long it seems. If you're new to foraging then maybe this is the year to start. We've made elderflower champagne, elderflower gin and elderflower cordial (though it was a disaster and I've had to re-boil and re-bottle due to following some advice I really thought didn't make sense at the time) but that's another rant.

The good thing about elderflowers is that they can be in plentiful supply, we have found a hedge which has hundreds if not thousands so even after we've picked some from several bushes there is no sign of missing flowers. Don't take too many from any one plant.