Spruce Tip Syrup and Other This~N~That

[@karenw9996]

I'm going to make it the traditional way, because I want that citrus flavor in cold summer beverages, and I want to preserve the vitamin C.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I use it raw for making sodas so I can get that vitamin C then. I am not worried about getting vitamin C in my syrups when I have many other things to obtain it from

[@judipepper6066]

You always brighten Mondays!🙋🏻‍♀️NW GA

[@venidamcdaniel1913]

Darn my tips gone. Would have liked to have tried that.I have that fork and at 70 it is a life saver. Since this is my first year. I have tons of tap root weeds and it works magic getting rid of them. Thanks for all you do. You inspire me.

[@Esther-1914]

@Heidi, We have a Brewer's weeping Spruce in our yard and hubby did some pruning. I scavenged the tips. I'm trying out your spruce tip syrup recipe today. I'll keep you posted. It sure smells yummy!😉💖

[@Esther-1914]

Hi there @Heidi ! Well, my job is done and we have three jars of spruce tip syrup sitting and cooling on our counter. It tastes delicious! I'll be making pancakes in the morning! Thanks for sharing your wisdom, Heidi!😉👍Love you!💖

[@r.k.ssshhh5508]

​@@Esther-1914 that's so nice 😍 I can't wait to try it myself. Did you find other things to use the syrup for? And if so what's your favorite?? ❤️‍🩹🕊️😉

[@lindachandler2293]

I hope I can work in some more canning pictures this summer, but it's promising to be a busy year at my house. Your videos and others similar keep me company and remind me to lean on my raising and not depend on the government to 'save me'.

[@MichaelR58]

Good This~N~That video , thanks for sharing , God bless !

[@tamb6404]

Beautiful garden! Love and Prayers in Jesus Holy Name!💜✝️🕊🐎🎗

[@tamb6404]

@DaveBlue-tw2qy Great morning ☕️! Watching,waiting, praising and praying!💜✝️🕊🐎🎗

[@monagriggs6352]

Heidi, both decks are gorgeous 🥰

[@annabethsfarmadventures8610]

Nice! Have a blessed day ❤❤❤

[@monagriggs6352]

That's neat,thank you Heidi 🥰

[@Deauxneal]

Great GS tip for extra growing space.

[@monadjobbi4207]

You r just amazing! Thanks for all your useful tips ♥️

[@trishthehomesteader9873]

Thank you Heidi! Cute shirt.👍 My growing seasons have been really wonky too. The tomatoes and red kuri squash are doing good though. Blessings! 💜

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I got that flannel from a garage sale years ago. I do not wear pink much so tend to forget I have it but it is nice to be able to mix it up now and then :)

[@sharorganic5841]

We called that fork a potato fork growing up

[@his-sweetie]

Thank you Heidi! Your garden it looking fantastic! I call that a potato fork, guess I don't know what I got, but whatever it is, it's best darn tool! And itbn is the perfect size!😊

[@TheresaDarylsWife]

Glad did this on spruce tips i forgot about them.

[@valerieescabi6104]

Hi Heidi, God is good all the time❤❤❤

[@junecan6051]

Great video Heidi. Thanks!

[@kathysnavely1802]

I’m experimenting with spice tips for the first time this year. Very fun. Thank you for sharing.

[@haou132]

Thank you sooo much !!! Blessings +++!!!

[@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500]

Love this!

[@monikas5125]

Happy Monday Heidi 😊

[@lynettetucker544]

Thanks for the info Heidi.

[@rebeccaharp3254]

You are too amazing. Thank you, Rebecca (tTt)

[@denisebauman7682]

hey Heidi, thanks for the Spruce tips tips :) ...you can also tap birch in spring or fall, and make syrup as you would with maple....

[@carolynmoody9460]

❤

[@mariem5990]

Thank you . I just love your channel

[@joycewedel9084]

Ty! Excited to try Spruce Tips Ice Tea.

[@traceyjohnston7897]

I make up recipes the exact same way. I little from this one, a little from another; what looks best and makes sense to me!

[@Maddy_might]

I like digging forks for digging potatoes!

[@chrismaryb.7409]

Thanks Heidi 😊 ❤

[@karenw9996]

Might have to up my canning game this year just for the collaboration, although I prefer to freeze things first & do my canning when it's cold out rather than during the hottest time of year. When I finished planting the latest arrivals of bushes I told myself I'm done, no room for anything more...now I think I need to find a place to stick a lilac bush.

[@bettyperrin4251]

Mine is a small tree. I was unable to prune it back last year or this, due to complications from a broken ankle

[@lindachandler2293]

My onion preservation is really narrowing down to cooked, pureed, dehydrated, powdered and vacuum sealed. Of course my hubby insisting he doesn't like onions is a big influence in this method; what he can't see he can't fuss at. I try to keep at least one raw laying around. I used to keep a bag of raw, chopped in the freezer, then I went to raw dehydrated powdered, but it seems like the cooked and powdered seems to be what I'm grabbing the most. I rough chop gently trimmed, clean onions, skins and all and simmer them until tender. It makes a strange looking brown powder that does clump, but breaks up easily. I put them in cooked and raw dishes.

[@joycewedel9084]

How about a Beverage collaboration down the road.... Be it homemade wine/mead, Gingerbug, Sodas, etc. Also maybe Tinctures, Extracts & Vinegars.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Those kind of beverages were all already a part of the fermenting collaboration, which I will be doing again

[@ColRubyDimplesManacha]

Your lilacs are gorgeous! I hope to get a bush this year. I'm 2 weeks into making a slow syrup out of fir tips, pine tips, and juniper berries. It's only going to make a tiny bit though, really should've harvested more. I'll try the boiling method next year. Tried making a fir tip vinegar a month or so back and it failed. Thanks for everything you do, Heidi!

[@audreychamberlain]

Going to try this tomorrow. 😊

[@blessedbloominghomestead9134]

I love Mondays this and that! I wish we had spruce trees here, but I’m not sure if they would even grow here, something to look into. My canner has been going all weekend. I only planted a few squash plants, so I slice and freeze them until I had enough for several canning loads. Right now I’m freezing tomatoes for the same purpose. Many Blessings!!

[@AcornHillHomestead]

That syrup sounds awesome!! We have many spruce here but its past prime growing time here. Walking onions really need that happy place IMO. I planted some in the main garden and they did ok but I found a small older onion “seed” in my fridge and just popped it into my flower garden. Those plants are now huge just from one shriveled little onion top. The soil is nothing to write home about and the sun just bakes it but it is very happy and about 30” tall. We have sandy loose soil here in upper Midwest zone 4. Regular onions just seem happier in containers for me.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

The soil in the boxes Patrick built is a mix of just plain old top soil, silt from the creek on our other piece of property and peat. The carrots and onions seem to really like it.

[@zoza3529]

Hi

[@Wildevis]

I just love your Monday this n that videos, so jampack full of lovely information. Does it matter what kind of store bought wine? White, red pink? Dry/sweet?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

No, it does not matter other than what matters to your taste buds

[@Wildevis]

@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you, will experiment a bit

[@AHomeIsHaven]

Doesn't vit c break down when boiling? When I make pine tea, I boil half the needles and then when I pull off the heat I place the other half of needles in the water and let it steep. That way I could get all the health benefits of pine needles.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Yes, it does, that is why I said the soda would save the vitamin C since it is kept raw. The uncooked version of the syrup would also save it but not the method I used but I know I am still getting the minerals and flavor

[@AHomeIsHaven]

@@RainCountryHomestead Awww geeze...How did I miss that part?! 🤦 lol Don't mind me and thank you! I love these videos and that I can ask you anything! I am so grateful for you doing this Heidi! 🙏🥰Bless you!

[@aprilrussell4955]

Great info as usual. Love your MANY ideas and experiences. How do you clean the inside of the syrup bottles you used or any other odd shaped bottles that you can't get a brush to all areas or even inside the top opening?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

They do make bottle brushes of various lengths and widths. I have this set: amzn.to/3qqSYKF But if they only had syrup in them, I simply put hot, soapy water in the bottle, shake hard, repeat once or twice then rinse well.

[@monadjobbi4207]

I'm just curious about the jars with the green and purple colour staff behind you!!! Can you give us a lecture on that pls!?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

If you mean the jars in the shelves, those are various herbs I use most frequently for teas. The smaller green and purple jars on the counter are just coconut sugar, baking soda, cane sugar, and cream of tartar. All used for baking

[@debbieluna2967]

Wish I had a way to get spruce tips that syrup looks so yummy. Another to add to my wish list. You have so many good videos to learn from. Can you do salmon from canned salmon?. Be blessed always

[@RainCountryHomestead]

If you mean dehydrating, yes, that is exactly what I did, dehydrated salmon from home canned salmon but if you mean store bought, yes, it should be the same results

[@debbieluna2967]

@@RainCountryHomestead ok thank you I think I will try it as I have some cans of it. Have a blessed day

[@WendyK656]

Heidi, does this have a pine flavor? I am not found of pine smell or taste. I bet there is a lot of people who would like it. I can't wait to try the salmon as I will be cooking some too. Can you do the Steal head trout? Heidi, we are having issues with our lettuce as well! It is very weird! Heidi, it is good for potatoes as well. We broke out potatoes fork and we use the digging fork for our potatoes.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

As far as making a syrup from pine, I do not know, we do not have pines here and I have never made syrup from it but the spruce certainly does not

[@WendyK656]

@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you Heidi

[@TheFeralFarmgirl]

Where did you get those awesome colored lids for your canning jars? I'd love to find them! I use those for my goat milk jars.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

If you mean the bright colored lids, not the rustic lids: amzn.to/3WSsFZK

[@TheFeralFarmgirl]

@@RainCountryHomestead yes, the plastic ones. (I know you can't can with those.) I just use the plastic lids to cover my half gallon mason jars of goat milk in the fridge.

[@venidamcdaniel1913]

Question: is there a way to harvest pine resin.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

O I know there is since that is what turpentine comes from, I would just have no idea, especially since we do not have pine trees here.

[@normalast1616]

Yay! New vid. Hey I just have a question. There is currently this only place where I can financially get herbs because they use free delivery, but they also sell products that sell new age spirituality stuff. What are your thoughts or advice about when some of the only availability of herbs or certain herbal products come from places that also sell new age stuff. Is it ok to still buy from there? Thanks.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I think that simply has to be a matter of choice and prayer. I do not mind buying products from people of other religions but the concern would be if they are "offering it unto idols" or casting spells. However, we are not held accountable for those things we do not know about and as believers, spells cannot harm us

[@AHomeIsHaven]

@@RainCountryHomestead I adore the way you think. Great advice!

[@chillymilly7005]

Can you point out an older video that discusses alcohol alternatives for tinctures? Here in Canada the cheapest vodka is $28 for 750ml and is only 40 percent. I just can't stomach spending that amount for one or two tinctures when I have so many I want to make.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

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[@mollypaintscows]

Is there any medicinal value in the spruce tip syrup? Or is it strictly a sweet syrup?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

If it is cooked like I did, you would lose the vitamin C but not any of the minerals.

[@mollypaintscows]

@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you. I’m going to try this. I bet it tastes good.

[@aileer467]

What did you say you do to the white part of your green onions to help them regrow? I never thought of replanting the white part of my grocery store green onions!

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I pinch the roots a bit, if they are really long, I break some off, this basically wakes it up and encourages it to start growing and making new roots

[@violettraine1029]

Can pine tips be used interchangeably? Like do pine tips have the same medicinal benefits as spruce tips?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

They should be similar though maybe not exactly the same

[@violettraine1029]

Thank you ❤

[@SilverTopMom]

If I may ask, what specific spruce plant is used? I've never even knew you could use spruce for anything other than decor. Please be patient with me. Thanks.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I believe any spruce. I am not sure of the exact species of the ones near our other property but I know I can use them

[@SilverTopMom]

@@RainCountryHomestead thank you so much!

[@angelababycarson796]

Please show us everything you can do with lovage I have it none of the animals will eat it and it doesn’t taste good

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Yes, I will once I can get enough to do anything with as I have never used it before

[@pbkup]

Hi Do you put those jars in refrigerator or on shelf?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

If you mean the bottles of syrup, I usually keep them in the pantry except the one I am working through even though it is not necessary

[@pbkup]

@@RainCountryHomestead oh yes sorry the syrup bottles Are they processed in a water bath for shelf?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

@@pbkup You can and in fact when I store maple syrup, I repackage into jars and vacuum seal to prevent mold on to. For the bottles I just put the airtight lid on and store

[@pbkup]

@@RainCountryHomestead really I didn’t know that could be possible Thanks for replying I enjoy you content very much.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

@@pbkup It is the high sugar content the prevents spoilage

[@Shofar_On_The_Horizon]

I really do like my Greenstalks, but I really don’t like how gummed up the tiny little holes get and I have to disassemble it often during the growing season and scrub them so the water can get through. Even a little bit of dirt from rain or splash back clogs those little holes and makes the watering plates worthless. It’s frustrating. It shouldn’t be so labor intensive through the season. The point of them is ease of watering. Still trying to figure out how to keep them clean if anyone has dealt with this issue and found a simple solution?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I wonder if the type of soil used could be it. I have yet to have issues like that and I have had mine for at least three years now.

[@Shofar_On_The_Horizon]

@@RainCountryHomestead The soil doesn’t have access to the watering trays. It is getting stuck from the top down so that the water doesn’t drain into the lower trays. I finally had to just take the top off and I water it by hand daily. It is rather windy here and I can never keep the tops clean enough.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

@@Shofar_On_The_Horizon Yes, I understood what you meant but I have yet to have that issue with mine. All the water flows down through all the trays. What I am saying is maybe it is the type of soil that that is causing it to clog up like that, possibly clay in the soil or too much fine particles. I really do not know, it was just a thought

[@rebeccaharp3254]

May I make the syrup with honey or maple syrup? Thank you (tTt)

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Yes

[@rebeccaharp3254]

@@RainCountryHomestead THANK YOU