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Gardening

left-of-center2012

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6. As a kid in western PA in the 1950's ..

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2018, 09:41 AM

May 2018

There were a lot of elderberry bushes growing wild around our small farm.
We picked them every year and my mom made jams, jellies, and lots of pies and cobblers.

The good old days.

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Elderberry Experiment: Update #7 [View all] NeoGreen May 2018 OP

That looks like a fulltime job to keep your big garden going. procon May 2018 #1

Eventually... NeoGreen May 2018 #3

I'd never get any farther than pies, but with all those possibilities you'll be very busy. nt procon May 2018 #5

Thank you NeoGreen Ohiogal May 2018 #2

Thanks... NeoGreen May 2018 #4

As a kid in western PA in the 1950's .. left-of-center2012 May 2018 #6

Same - grew up in SW PA - Elderberry bushes quite common packman May 2018 #7

Did they stomp it with their feet? left-of-center2012 May 2018 #8

GOD AWMIGHTY - Why did you make me think of that? packman May 2018 #9