Today I picked all my beautifully black elderberries and made a delicious yet medicinal syrup to boost my immune system over the winter months and hopefully (fingers crossed) avoid getting too many cold/flu type things.

Elderberries are crammed full of immune boosting vitamin A and C – although the stems are pretty toxic if eaten and you must cook the berries don’t eat them raw!

I also have lots of potatoes that I pulled up a couple of weeks ago. I’m not really sure why I planted so many as I don’t actually eat a lot of them! I’m sure we will make our way through them though.