As I have mentioned this term I am trying to teach Ronan about the joys of his natural surroundings. We have been bug hunting and admired various creatures of the creep-crawly kind. We have spotted dog rose, ash trees, oak and sycamore as well as discovering a large elderflower bush. I have plans for that elderflower bush.
ELDERFLOWER CORDIAL.
Get some sugar and water and a bit of lemon juice on the boil in a fairly big pan. Basically make a suar syrup. Add a few heads of elderflowe-about 6 good sized ones will do it. Remove the creepy crawlies!(Although I am sure a little protein wont hurt).
Leave it to steep overnight. Strain it through a muslim and bottle it.
You need to keep it on the fridge. It should last about 2 weeks in sterile bottles.
You can mix it will fizzy water for a softly sparkling drink, or add a little apple juice and water.
Meanwhile, before we have been elderflower picking, we thought we would make a wormery. This is a great idea-but you need to catch worms. So Ronan and Avila have been busy pouring water on a large patch of lawn and then covering the wet patch with a black bin liner. They have then been very entertaining in jumping up and a down around the patch-even roping Iona in for some jumping.
So far we have caught precicly 0 worms. 
Perhaps it’s the wrong time of year.
Thinking Love, No Twaddle 