tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136149811371784755.post7412900579851475446..comments2023-09-30T05:27:33.426-07:00Comments on cooking up a storm in a teacup: Summer Potions eg Dragon Medicine and Sugarless, Elderflower and Honey cordial.debby emadianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222092755385566586noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136149811371784755.post-16463312831958865732013-07-10T06:09:58.032-07:002013-07-10T06:09:58.032-07:00Lovely post! It's such a dreamy time in the g...Lovely post! It's such a dreamy time in the garden at the moment, isn't it? Although I'm not a fan of the heat so I'm not wishing for that Indian Summer!<br /><br />Your pesto looks great. I harvested lots of gooseberries for the first time this week so I've been busy concocting with those.<br /><br />I like to leave the elderflowers and wait for berries so I can make elderberry cordial to keep colds at bay through the winter.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556762165713581423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136149811371784755.post-52279901931725452412013-07-10T00:49:08.601-07:002013-07-10T00:49:08.601-07:00P.S: I've finished 'All Passion Spent'...P.S: I've finished 'All Passion Spent' and absolutely loved it. I hope for just such twilight years!Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853693147709202804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136149811371784755.post-40155645785983097922013-07-10T00:47:30.045-07:002013-07-10T00:47:30.045-07:00So very different from the weather here at the mom...So very different from the weather here at the moment but your photos bring the memory and hope of summer to come. More pumpkin and chickpea hotpot weather here as we prepare to watch The Ashes tonight through half covered eyes. Can Australia be as bad as everyone imagines??Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853693147709202804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136149811371784755.post-74787474087212567252013-07-09T03:56:14.143-07:002013-07-09T03:56:14.143-07:00There was ice on the grass this morning! But this ...There was ice on the grass this morning! But this all looks so wonderfully summery! Enjoy.Magnolia Verandahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212421297757442015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136149811371784755.post-69089045411223669072013-07-08T07:38:39.634-07:002013-07-08T07:38:39.634-07:00Oh elderflowers! I love them! Their sweet floral s...Oh elderflowers! I love them! Their sweet floral scent just shouts summer, and I've been enjoying loads of it in juices and cocktails hee hee lately, thoigh I've yet to make my own cordials or such yet. I pass my a huge elderflower bush each time on the way to work and am so tempted to pick, but it's growing out from someone's garden and I know I shouldn't.. annoys me that they aren't using it urgh! :(Shu Hanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248873228185558472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136149811371784755.post-11527578341707181142013-07-08T07:30:17.308-07:002013-07-08T07:30:17.308-07:00I do not have any magical potions over here. We&#...I do not have any magical potions over here. We've eaten all the lettuce and the spinach. The basil is ready but I'm not :) Lovely photos and the food looks so fresh so summery!karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252685705241032079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1136149811371784755.post-37672144169923415472013-07-08T05:35:04.158-07:002013-07-08T05:35:04.158-07:00Oh, I love the smell of honeysuckle too and wish i...Oh, I love the smell of honeysuckle too and wish it wasn't so hot and humid so I could leave the windows open. <br /><br />I must try the elderberry cordial recipe, our elderberries are in bloom too. I never would have thought to use the blossoms. To be honest I still have berries in the feezer from last year I need to do something with; I had planned to make syrup, but never got around to it.<br />How wonderful that you have a cherry tree, my husband would be thrilled, cherries are his favorite, but we are too far south for them to grow. <br />Everything is coming in here about a month behind schedule. I am still picking blueberries and waiting on figs and peaches to ripen. I hope we don't have an indian summer here, I am ready for winter, such as it is here.Tracey ~ Cloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11575854515384481573noreply@blogger.com