Tag: Elderflower
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Elderflower & Cucumber Margarita
There are few scents that evoke the British summertime as beautifully as fresh elder blossoms. As May ripens into June the hedgerows burst into deeper flower and sweeten the air with their perfume. We have our own rather unruly tree that Maurice keeps trying to convince me to remove, but I love it for its…
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Lemon, Elderflower & Chamomile Posset
May is probably my favourite time of year in the UK. After a usually grey early Spring, the sun finally throws out real warmth, and the world responds with an abundance of fresh green growth. Radishes, peas and broad beans spring up in the vegetable patch, the herbaceous borders seem to fill out over night, and every…
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Elderflower, Pink Grapefruit & Rosemary Gin & Tonic
This weekend we’ve been incredibly busy in the garden. The sun has finally decided to shine on us, and so we’re taking the opportunity to weed, sow, plant and dig (not to mention building retaining walls and pick-axing and excavating new flower beds!). As a result we’ve not really had the time (nor the energy) to…