Icicle Cocktails! Enjoy your ice storm!

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Do you use icicles? Nobody wants a damaging ice storm. But if you get an ice storm, I hope you get some enjoyment out of it, too, by using icicles in your drinks!

[@KyBrancaccio]

Don't you EVER change!

[@Gothfield]

You really need to write a book, or at least a pamphlet! I'd love to know what's to forage right this moment at any given moment here in the Willamette Valley. Love your channel, love Oregon's wild food.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

We live in wild food abundance here in the Willamette Valley and western Oregon, that's for sure! I'm glad you are enjoying my videos, Gothfield.

[@erictackettproductions28]

Thanks for all of the great information and another video well done! 🌻🍃❄

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Glad you enjoyed it, ETP!

[@lilcricket4379]

Old Man Winter is smiling 😏 I always think of you while gathering Or picking clean! Xo bottoms up ❄️

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Even with an icicle, gotta pick clean! :D

[@thegadgetrulez]

Great winter vid!! So great to see you having fun outdoors! Looking forward to being with you soon! :)

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Hey, Josh, thanks for stopping by for some icicles! :D Say Hi! to your family and happy birthday to your youngest! I think you are way past winter in your area, lol.

[@Ftybr57]

I’d just never do this I don’t feel ice or snow from anywhere in the world is safe to ingest anymore. Sad but I feel true. This is the only thing I disagree with. I’ve never been any thing but your true fan. You are beyond awesome on 99%

[@MrSharonrochelle]

Ppl trapped in the mountains in ca were told not to melt and drink the snow. The sky is sprayed with all sorts of chemicals these days. It’s a charming idea though.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Our air and water contamination is a sad story, alright. We are all exposed to so many contaminants in daily life. It can be overwhelming. So many communities get their water from surface water, which is just rain and snowmelt. And the farther down the river system a community is, the longer time chemical processes have had to make new combinations of contaminants, especially those long-chain molecules that are hard to break down. Other communities have to use contaminated groundwater. And that doesn't even get into our exposures through food packaging, clothing, upholstery, and more. For me, the contamination of freshwater fish hurts the worst, for my own way of being, and for so many people that rely on the abundance of local fish for reliable food. When it comes to the contamination of our snow and rain, I think about the total load I'll be exposed to. That's a combination of the concentration of the contaminants, times the volume of the ice or snow that I actually consume. When it comes to icicles, I'm not living off of them, just enjoying a few. So my exposure from these cocktails is less than many other things in my life. Certainly less than from drinking from plastic bottles or grease-resistant food packaging, that I try to keep to a minimum. Thanks for giving me the chance to comment about this, Paula Hulse.

[@davewelbylivinginhistinyti4796]

@@HaphazardHomestead So true, well argued !

[@Ftybr57]

@@HaphazardHomestead well said and I see it in a better light as you have explained it. 💞

[@globetrotter5800]

That is fantastic photography! Great close ups and crystal clear ❤

[@SantisandKisin]

Glad to c u back, cute lady.

[@rubygray7749]

Lovely to watch! We don't have ice storms like that in Tasmania, but I did see some when I was in Texas. My preference when it's that cold is a hot chocolate!

[@forestgyrl]

This is a great idea! I usually just eat on them when outside. Going to do this for sure. Thanks for the video. 💖❄

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Thanks for mentioning the easiest way to enjoy those icicles, Forestgyrl!

[@toddfagan7703]

So glad to your doing good missed your vids just got on to watch your old vids over an over.thank you

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Hi, Todd Fagan! I'm glad you still enjoy my older videos. Have a great spring!

[@Margo5050]

I enjoy your videos. The pokeweed one was very informative. I had no idea. Thx.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Thanks, Margo R., for your nice comment, especially about the pokeweed. It's amazing how much interesting stuff is growing out there. I hope you can enjoy some, too!

[@TipsyFlipper]

Great to see you. This was a fun vid and I want a little ice storm now. I can't wait for your future vids, but right now I have got to go back and watch the black locust gin video. I don't know how I missed that one! I have a big black locust right by my porch

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Hey, Dwight Nash! I'm glad you found your way to my icicle cocktails! Good news on you having a black locust tree. Those flowers are good for so many things. I'm working on more videos about using them. I hope you enjoy the black locust gin, if you are able to make it. Maybe you will leave a live taste review for it. Happy foraging!

[@ladyela9283]

You are such a doll! Cheers, and thank you!!

[@Margo5050]

Good for you. Enjoy life.

[@MistressOP]

lol youtube didn't ever send me a message you had new ones. I have you set on all :(. But so happy you are back for another season. been watching you for more than 7 years :) glad I found you

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Hey, Miss O.P.! I"m glad you found my icicle video, even without the notifications working right. It's hard to believe it's been 7 years. At least I'm a long-lived perennial, even though I go dormant every now and again. I hope you've been enjoying nature's bounty around you!

[@Zenkaz967]

❤✌️

[@squirrel_bait]

Awesome video.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Glad you enjoyed it, Squirrel Bait!

[@ccsretreat1513]

Thanks, this video is just what the doctor ordered..

[@HaphazardHomestead]

You're welcome, CC's Retreat. I appreciate you stopping by and commenting. When it's 99F in the summertime, those icicles will be even better!

[@timamiljus7803]

You are an amazing woman!

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Thanks, Tima M! Those icicles are amazing, too! :D

[@timamiljus7803]

I bet!!

[@ashleegreene4538]

What flowers are edible? How do I cook them, & make a jam.

[@ashleegreene4538]

I live in Northeast Georgia, near Helen, GA. My best friend is a State Ranger & he says I can forage in the GMA. Not allowed in the National Forest. I really want to know about FIDDLEHEADS.

[@donnaleveron6511]

Interesting, I'm not a cocktail drinker, more of a hot tea aficionado.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Haha, those icicles are not going to work so well, then! Thanks for commenting, Donna Leveron, and enjoy your hot tea in cold weather. :D

[@rulistening7777]

Black Locust Gin ??? That Gotta Be Good . Maybe even better than the black Locust fritters.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Yes, it's good and worth the effort to make. Can't but it at a store, but you can make all you want! :D