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Hey friends! If you are like me, you now have an abundance of dandelions and violets in your yard. DO NOT KILL THEM WITH CHEMICALS OR RUN OVER THEM WITH YOUR MOWER!!!! :) There are so many things you can with those babies. I chose to make jelly today! I combined the dandelions and violets and added some lavender from last year's garden. YUM! Here it is! One quart dandelions/violets/lavender mixture. 2 Tbs fresh lemon juice with some zest 6 cups sugar ( I use vanilla sugar) Vanilla bean pectin water Now I am not giving instructions on canning so I assume you can do that on your own...if not, do your research first! Boil your flowers in about 5-6 cups of water for about 15 minutes to make a very strong tea. Strain and use that liquid to mix with your lemon juice and zest and vanilla bean and pectin (I used about 43 grams of powdered pectin) and bring to boil. Add your sugar and boil for about 5-10 minutes stirring frequently. Make sure you get your gel stage by doing a spoon test. Remember to remove the vanilla bean before canning. Once you've taken your cans from the water bath, waiting for the pings is the most satisfying thing to a canner! :) I have also included a picture of dandelions infusing in olive and sunflower oils. Wonderful summertime moisturizer! There you go! Enjoy!          
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It is well into Spring now and there is so much going on here at SVF! Lots of blooming and planting and manure! We had a batch of eggs that were incubating but we were unsuccessful with those so another batch is warming up as we speak and due around May 4th or so. We'll let you know what happens! I have taken a bunch of pictures today and posted them below. These lovelies are starting to bloom, grow and make their appearance so enjoy! Hover over the picture to find out what they are! I will be adding more soon! Please remember to "Like" Summit Valley Herbals on Facebook to keep in touch with what's going on over there because we have herb talks coming up and sales and give-aways in the works!!                     Click to set custom HTML  If you are in the northern RI area, stop by RE:discover on Thursday May 23 at 11:00 am! SVH is taking part in an informational gathering on using herbs in the home. The topics that will be discussed are natural cleaners for the home and how to make an herbal/natural first aid kit to keep in your home for those little things that come up now that it is Spring!
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