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Four Season Harvesting: Using High Tunnels on the Urban Farm The Master Peace Community Farm shows how it is using high tunnels to extend their growing season and harvest healthy fruits and vegetables nearly all year l...

Hoop House tech allows year-round farming at MSU At a time when most Michigan farmers are getting their land ready for planting, students and others working at Michigan State Universitys Student Organic Far...

Elder flower harvest // Elder flowers have similar medicinal attributes to the fruit of elderberry. One way to use these creamy blooms is to prepare a tincture, which is a remedy for sinus congestion from allergies, sinus infections, head colds and the flu.

Elder flowers are also delicious, and we like adding the extract to fun summertime herbal cocktails—elder hibiscus fizz with raspberry rose syrup is a winner. For all of our favorite herbal recipes and medicinal wisdom, check out our Online programs:

Online Herbal Medicine Making Course (100 hours): www.chestnutherbs.com/medicine-making
Online Herbal Immersion Program (500 hours):
www.chestnutherbs.com/immersion

(Sambucus nigra var. canadensis. Adoxaceae).
Photo © Juliet Blankespoor