Composting Equipment Guide

Green Ideas – Make tea Sumac and "ade lemon

You've probably seen before. The ivy is a plant that grows wild in New Hampshire. It grows in inhospitable places where it seems that almost all plants. And makes a great tea or lemonade final autumn to spring right when groups dry and old are replaced by new ones which are in bad taste to the end of summer.

There are several species of sumac, but want the variety to the vinegar tea (Pictured left). Its clusters of red berries upright and distinctive smooth impression on the new growth is a sure sign that you are using the correct sumac.

If you're nervous about it because they may have heard of Poison Ivy, no. Poison Ivy is actually much more rare in New Hampshire and has berries white statism. It is impossible to mistake the common staghorn sumac-ADE variety.Making is pretty easy. Collect a bag of groceries cluster size. Take a large saucepan and fill with water and put fresh grapes right into the water. With your hands, crush the grapes until it hits the water and let soak for an hour or two. Strain liquid through cheesecloth or other clean, disposable groups, mixing in your compost pile, add sweetener to taste (the lemonade) and voila!.

If you like tea, should not go through the above process, but you can steep a handful of seeds in hot water for a few minutes and sweeten to taste. You can also block pods to dry and preserve them for later.

About the Author

Wayne King is a recovering politician, nature writer and political commentator and President of Moosewood Communicaions in Rumney, NH. He blogs from his space in the Blogosphere, Greener Minds: GreenerMinds.Blogspot.com where he advocates for a sustainable planet; and from the Moosewood Communications Blog MoosewoodCommunications.blogspot.com.
King holds a BS Degree in Environmental Conservation and a Masters Degree in Science Education from the University of New Hampshire, Durham.

A three term former State Senator from New Hampshire, Wayne King was the 1994 Democratic nominee for Governor. King is also the founder of The Electronic Community, a group of social entrepreneurs working on social and development issues in Africa under the guidance of the MaxImpact Institute.

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