HeyJaredGrove Life
A newsletter to document our adventures as nature-lovers and beginning American Elderberry farmers.
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135 Strawberry Plants? Sure, Why Not? (opens the original)
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Ben always says I’m an all-or-nothing kind of person.If I’m going to do something, it’s 100% full steam ahead. I’d say that’s accurate. If I’m not excited and ready to do stuff, something is definitely wrong and I’m probably getting sick.I keep telling myself to chill - I have enough going on. That never seems to work.So naturally, I now have a strawberry plantation in my backyard.<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_z_k!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:s
Building Our Mobile Elderberry Freezer Trailer, Part 2: Walls, Tie-Downs, Lighting & Moving In (opens the original)
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In Part 1 of this project, we started transforming a very dusty former construction trailer into something that could eventually serve as a mobile post-harvest and freezing workspace for our elderberries.At this point, the trailer was clean, painted, and beginning to look considerably less like its former life.Now came the part where we had to turn an empty shell into a space we could actually use.And, as we’ve learned repeatedly with this project, there’s a big difference
Can You Safely Sell Home-Canned Elderberry Jelly in Missouri? The Answer Just Changed. (opens the original)
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If you’ve followed Grove Life for a while, you already know that I’m a big believer in American elderberry.We grow, harvest, and experiment with ways to use it. And as our first harvest has come in this year, I’ve been working on turning some of those beautiful dark berries into value-added products that we can sell through Twilight Grove.But there’s another side to producing food that isn’t nearly as photogenic as a basket full of ripe elderberries: Making sure the food we sell is actually safe
When Are American Elderberries Really Ripe? Look for “Black Pearls” (opens the original)
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One thing I’ve noticed a lot online this harvest season: many people are picking their American elderberries too early.It’s understandable. A cluster can look dark purple and almost black and seem ready to go. But after spending a lot of hours in the elderberry field this season, I’ve learned that “almost” can make a pretty big difference.For American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis), I want the berries very dark - essentially black - with little to no red tone remaining.My favorite way to descr
How We Planted Hundreds of Bare Root Trees in Missouri for Under $0.60 Each (opens the original)
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Planting Native Trees at Scale (Without Breaking the Bank)For the past few years, we’ve been on a mission to increase native plants on our land - and steadily remove invasive species.One of the simplest and most effective tools we’ve used is ordering bare-root tree seedlings from the Missouri Department of Conservation.Over the last five years, we’ve planted hundreds of native trees and shrubs. These aren’t instant results projects - this is long-term land stewardship. As these plantings mature,
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