Elderberries

You can tell there full of vitamin C. You know when these are ready as all the bird poo ends up the same colour!!;-)

Sounds delicious

Yes Janey , and over anything in it,s way !

Does anybody use the berries and the rest of the plant ?
The juice of the berries is medicine against a bad stommack and infections.Flowers are used as a drink after harvested and cooked.The leafes are used to grow bad scratches on hands or legs.
The vikings used this plant as a pharmacy.The stems was used to make flutes,they are hollow.
Be careful,the plant is poisonous.Do not use seeds.

Janey is going to make Elderberry Champagne from the flowers Hugin !

I use the juice for making sambucus syrup for colds , thanks for the rest of the infomation , very interesting .... :o)

Yes I make elderberry syrup for colds flu etc I use 1/2 cup dried elderberry 5 cloves 1 stick cinnamon 1 T. fresh grated ginger simmer 20 min then add 1 cup honey put in fridge and I use everyday if sick every hour. It is really good.

That's interesting Lujean , I like the sound of the ginger and honey , two of my favourite things ! I didn't know you could get dried Elderberries ... I always make my syrup when the berries are fresh from the trees in the autumn .. .. do you somehow dry your own ?