Redbud flowers are real food. I cook with them, and I preserve them, too. Here are two great ways to keep redbud flowers, so you can enjoy eating them across the seasons, not just in spring. The first way is to make redbud vinegar. The second way is to pickle or ferment them. I also give you tips on picking redbud flowers. And I show how I use my redbud vinegar and pickled redbud flowers, too.

Let me, and everyone else, know how you use Redbud flowers in the comments! Happy foraging!

Redbuds: Cercis canadensis, Cercis occidentalis, Cercis mexicana, and Cercis reniformis are in different parts of North America. Cercis siliquastrum is in Europe. There are also Cercis species in Asia. Redbuds are in the Pea Family, Fabaceae.


Brenda's video on making Redbud Vinegar    • Making Red Bud vinegar  

Brenda's YouTube channel: Homesteading the Pioneer Way    / @homsteadingthepioneerway  


Here are some of my playlists you might like:
Picking and Using the Redbud Tree    • Redbud Trees: Foraging Wild Edible Pl...  

Edible Flowers    • Edible Flowers  


Here are other videos I made, that I mentioned in my Redbud video:
Fermenting Elephant Garlic Leaves    • Ferment Elephant Garlic Leaves: How t...  

Foraging in My Yard: Wild Salad from 24 Plants of Late Spring & Early Summer    • Foraging in My Yard: Wild Salad from ...  

Dandelion and Hop Leaf Quiche    • Dandelion Flowers and Hop Leaf Quiche...  

Is My Lambs Quarter Too Old To Eat? How About My Amaranth?    • Is My Lambs Quarter Too Old To Eat? H...  


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