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Gardener turns surplus chamomile into jelly, jam and wine

Original: Last year, we had millions of chamomiles in our garden (see below). It felt wasteful not to do anything with them, so I

A gardener describes how their garden produced a huge chamomile crop last year, and rather than let the flowers go to waste, they turned them into chamomile jelly, chamomile and pear jam, and a large batch of dried flowers. They also tried making chamomile wine, which has been left in a carboy after racking to mature.

Why now: Seasonal gardening and home preservation projects are widely shared as people look for ways to use up flower and herb gluts.

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• Last year, we had millions of chamomiles in our garden (see below). It felt wasteful not to do anything with them, so I made chamomile jelly, chamomile and pear jam, dried a tonne, and, eventually, tried making chamomile wine. After racking, we left it in the carboy for about a… · EntangledPear · 11

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