How to Identify Elderberries~

Hey guys, welcome to Appalachian Farm. Petare with you, is it hot enough? No, what do we sweat or do mosquitoes eat? I'm not too sure, so it's a work day on the farm and we're looking at all our berries and all our elders. berries come to life okay so for any of you who grow like we do whether you want to or not I'll show you the difference here so feel free to comment below. I'm on the other end of the field where we have a lot of growth and I'm going to zoom in, but I want to show you a quick picture of push berries versus

elderberries

, then I'm going to take you over to my little mini berry in the orchard area and I'm going to show you my true faith, I'm not one percent sure they are elder plants, we bought them from Starks, we planted them, they are doing very well, in fact they have come back better than anything we have ever planted, believe it or not.

So if you're interested again in adding herbs, berries, and different things to your farm, you'll definitely want to consider adding

elderberries

depending on your area. They came back to all things to make up for the best this year after a really bad drought. the elderberry thank you so here we have pokeberry now they are very confusing so I wanted to show you a quick picture because this is where people get confused about the berries so you can see here they have the yellow and pink stem . Right here in the physical oakberry, Polk can get very large and as you can see right here, there's some elderberry in there as well, but we're going to focus here because this is the main thing not to worry about.

If you want to get involved, you want to do dyes or things like that, then Polk Berry works really well for dyeing, so you can see they're big plants, they get really big and you can see right here, do you see how this is starting to emerge? down they don't clump, it's not a clump situation, so you have like this long strand of berries, look at that right there, if I can focus the camera, no, right there, okay, it's like this long stream and I'm going to take a moment to do that, if you're looking for elderberries, you can see I have a bunch back there, they're almost like an umbrella, okay, you'll notice that the stand too, when the berries are right, it's almost like they're almost more wood like woody and they have brown color so that's what you look like there so what this video is supposed to do is literally make a side by side picture to show you the difference again if you really are. at this and really good at it, comment below because even if you think you found something and you know you want to work with it, if you're like me and most people and you're trying to use the brain that God gave you and your grandmother for You're always on the fence, so let's show you the difference side by side, so I'll come here and keep praying there's no Copperhead, right?

No, Copperhead. We're not on Copperhead Road. Do you see what I'm talking about? There's the elderberry. See how the berries are more like the shape of a bee, they're smaller and you have these umbrella clusters, whereas if you come here to the Polk Barry you're going to sing a little Elvis and you're? you're going to sing the Polk salad, Annie, you can even see that the bloom right here, do you notice this look at the bloom almost like it's in the pre-stage, look how they're in these long strands, so look at that and then eventually you go ?

To have this look here now, a lot of people enjoy picking it and eating it in its early stages of growth, but when it gets to the berries and they're trying to compare it to the elderberry, which is way up there, look here, look at the leaves. the leaves are, actually, a lot of people get confused by the leaves more than anything, so you wouldn't see the lace, you see the leaves here versus the elderberry lease right here, look at that, so you have boom versus boom and then you have Your berries are here, okay, so now I'm going to take you to my real plants.

Look here, you can even see that there are pokeberries up there, so they're all together. I have pokeberry, blackberry, elderberry and everything under the sun. together, old man Polk, let's go to the other side, okay guys, so here we are on the berry and orchard side of the farm, we have hand planted what you are seeing here, okay, this is elderberry, this is from the beginning Brothers, I want you to take it into account. the difference in all the things that you're seeing is okay, so there's no doubt that this is in this is elderberry. I want you to see the elderflower blooming.

Do you see what I'm saying? It's more like an umbrella effect that you can even see. the little flowers are starting to bloom right here, there's a little group of lights coming on, so here we have the leaf, the leaves, the leaving, you can definitely see right there, you've got a lot of them, here's more of a cool rub. , we have a lot of that they have done very well, so this is where they are coming out with their flowers. Okay, now you can see even these little smaller clusters, so let's see how they're almost like this umbrella.

Okay, so let's come here for this big one, we have two big ones on this floor, same thing, so if you fold it down it's almost like an umbrella, she, she, okay, here's the biggest one so far, look here and If I'm going to take it. In the center now you can see what I was talking about, although the skim is purple, it doesn't feel waxy, it's okay and it started to darken, okay, everything is taking shape here, let's eat berries and it feels woody, okay now if you come here's that touch, you see what I'm talking about, there's a big difference, this has a bit of a woody feel to it, but it also gets a bit more waxy.

Oh and you see that bright color, these make an amazing color. for the dyes so here it's almost like going from the heavier flowering stage to the berry stage so you can see a big difference here press the elderberry and then here are of course the berries. I know I'm causing some shade guys, very different. spokes, look at that, okay, so go ahead and again, if in doubt, the best remedy is to ask yourself a plant or two. I would order at least two, obviously, or however many you want, they're great and plant them and learning to know, learn to work with them and

identify

them and then you'll have a lot more confidence if you're looking around your property to

identify

it.

So always make sure you do your research, don't take my word for it. You know you're doing everything right. I hope they are great, stay cool, and keep everyone and everything hydrated. Falls will be here at some point and we'll make elderberry syrup for all our costs and cold remedies because it works. Thanks for watching guys, visit us on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest, remember to push the elderberry, push the elderberry, everyone be careful. PS: I forgot to mention that this is important when you look at your berries and you look at the plants, notice that the leaves alternate, so when they go up the stem there they alternate more, well, when you get into the elderberries with all these berries here , look, right there, can you see that all those elderberries, here's the plant that's there, the leaves are the opposite, can you see?

Right there you literally have leaves opposite each other, so one more little side note for you to remember will help you identify them properly. Thanks for watching.