Hello Linda, I wanted to tell you that I am so pleased to have discovered your channel I consider myself as a kindred spirit as I get so much pleasure watching your posts. I am recently recovering from a serious health problem and watching your posts has helped me find my inspiration again to enjoy what I have around me. My home is not a beautiful old New England home like yours but it many similar items in my collection, I love silver especially candlesticks and crystal I make beautiful French knot and other stitches embroidery and most of all I relate to your use of pre loved treasures that you find on consignment or markets, so much more interesting than retail shops. Yes you do inspire me all the way over in Melbourne Australia, stay well and healthy and keep making and sharing your posts.
To hold down my outdoor tablecloths, I take a rock with some weight and put it underneath the furthest most corner of the tablecloth (the part that is draping below the table), drawing up the corner a bit, enough to tuck the rock inside of the tablecloth. I then use a heavy elastic to hold it inside the little pouch. I use pretty ribbons to tie bows to the corners. It's both pretty and functional!
Dear Linda Smith Davis, I am so thrilled and grateful to have discovered your channel. I lived right off Massachusetts Avenue for over 20 years before I needed to move back to my childhood home to take care of an elderly parent. I desperately miss New England but can take a short visit with every video. I especially liked this one. I learned to make violet syrup at the Boston School of Herbal Studies. Classes took place in a wonderful antique home and gave me a tremendous appreciation of the healing properties of our plant friends. I also loved your simple video of beautiful New England homes/colors. Newburyport and Marblehead are favorites, and the Trustees of Reservations also have such beautiful properties. I don't know if the wonderful churches and libraries throughout the region interest you/your other viewers, but I would love to see them covered as well. Both my sister and I are now very enthusiastic subscribers.
I never heard of violet simple syrup before. Living in Wisconsin where violets are our state flower they are everywhere! Will need to make some of the syrup.
Hi Linda! The garden looks so sweet and neat!!! I love it! You see........another video.......another learning experience!! I never heard of violet simple syrup!! Definitely going to try it!! Have a great day!! :)
OMGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!! My jaw dropped when you put the lemon drops in and it was almost magical🧚♀️🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰 I hope I can find some violets now ohhhh wow thank you so much for sharing!!!
I always enjoy your videos and find them so informative. My sister makes violet jelly and syrup. She always gives me a jar and I think it's to pretty to use. But I manage to!!
Hi Linda...lwas fascinated by the violet syrup especially when you added the lemon drops and WOW the colour change ...a wee bit of a magic show eh?... Sam and I are going to try the anti weed gravel although he's skeptical as he says they grow where ever they want!... the whole neighbourhood smiles and call him The Weedmaster they even cut our grass by way of thanks..Linda you are just the most inventive gal ever we are lucky to have you eh? .appreciation Susan in London Ontario
What a lovely and instructive video -- as always! Thank you for sharing. This recipe is going into my home recipe book, which my daughter will hopefully treasure in a few decades. .Thank you, Paige
What a charming video. First of all loved your silver and rope tray. I liked the two little china black and white cows on the table in your garden. I have a little one. My husband brought it home for me. He had been out to lunch for business and the owner of the restaurant gave it to him for me. It was right after all the trouble the U.K. had with that cow disease. He said " Your wife is English isn't she. Mad Cow ? " Hhhmmmm. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for the Violet Simple Syrup recipe. It's magic. Looks lovely in that pretty glass. Parma Violets are British violet-flavoured tablet confectionery manufactured by the Derbyshire company Matlow, named after the Parma violet variety of the flower. The sweets are hard, biconcave disc-shaped sweets, similar to the Fizzers product from the same company but without their fizziness. Source Wikipedia.
Thank you for sharing that information!!!! I will need to look up the Parma Violets. I just remembered we have a British food store in the next town over. I might take a drive there.
I acquired the taste for violet when living in England. I love the tiny candies that are sold in tins. And yes, I find them in the US. As always, I enjoy all of your videos. 😊
They are similar in size and shape to tic tac mints. Packaged in a small, white, oval tin with an illustration of violets on the lid. I find them at my local neighborhood pharmacy and food market. I believe Whole Foods and Fresh Market stock them.
@@newenglandfineliving the french farm dot com carries them, but they've been out of stock forever. I like to look around on their website quite a bit though so it's easier to spot gourmet food bargains at places like TJ Maxx, Home Goods, Marshalls, Ocean State Job Lot, Christmas Tree Shops and believe it or not....occasionally at the dollar tree!!
When you pour the boiling water over the violets to steep for 24-48 hours, do you leave it sit out (covered) at room temp, or does it need to be in the refrigerator at that stage? Thanks for the idea.
Do yo have any tips on keeping weeds out of the stones/pea gravel? I will put down a blk landscape cloth. But I wonder about maintaining it. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you!
When you add the violet water mixture to the pot and heat up, do you add equal amount of sugar as the amount of violet water? For example if you have 2 cups of violet water then 2 cups sugar? I’m assuming so if it’s a simple syrup but wanted to make sure. You only mentioned equal parts violet and water.
Is there any particular variety of violets that are not edible? I’m not sure how many variations there are, but I would like to try this but I would have to go in search of some violets. Thank you Linda
Thank youu Linda, I needed something to make for my mom’s birthday and this was perfect !!
ABSOLUTELY lovely video from beginning to end. 💜
Your videos are always so visually beautiful - thank you!
Thank you very much!
Hello Linda, I wanted to tell you that I am so pleased to have discovered your channel I consider myself as a kindred spirit as I get so much pleasure watching your posts. I am recently recovering from a serious health problem and watching your posts has helped me find my inspiration again to enjoy what I have around me. My home is not a beautiful old New England home like yours but it many similar items in my collection, I love silver especially candlesticks and crystal I make beautiful French knot and other stitches embroidery and most of all I relate to your use of pre loved treasures that you find on consignment or markets, so much more interesting than retail shops. Yes you do inspire me all the way over in Melbourne Australia, stay well and healthy and keep making and sharing your posts.
To hold down my outdoor tablecloths, I take a rock with some weight and put it underneath the furthest most corner of the tablecloth (the part that is draping below the table), drawing up the corner a bit, enough to tuck the rock inside of the tablecloth. I then use a heavy elastic to hold it inside the little pouch. I use pretty ribbons to tie bows to the corners. It's both pretty and functional!
That's a great idea!
I love the beginning wrinkles as the petals fall. Lovely. Just a delightful and lovely visit. Thank you.
I miss violets and real grass and all of that lush northern spring! Florida can't compare. Enjoy the cocktail!
Your garden is looking so beautiful! That was a great idea adding crushed stone to the paths.
Thanks so much!
Dear Linda Smith Davis, I am so thrilled and grateful to have discovered your channel. I lived right off Massachusetts Avenue for over 20 years before I needed to move back to my childhood home to take care of an elderly parent. I desperately miss New England but can take a short visit with every video. I especially liked this one. I learned to make violet syrup at the Boston School of Herbal Studies. Classes took place in a wonderful antique home and gave me a tremendous appreciation of the healing properties of our plant friends. I also loved your simple video of beautiful New England homes/colors. Newburyport and Marblehead are favorites, and the Trustees of Reservations also have such beautiful properties. I don't know if the wonderful churches and libraries throughout the region interest you/your other viewers, but I would love to see them covered as well. Both my sister and I are now very enthusiastic subscribers.
Hello Linda
The garden is looking very nice. You always have so many ideas. Thank you. Enjoy your weekend
Your videos always feed my soul. Thank you so much.
I'm so glad!
The apple blossom snow is so beautiful, it must be fairy magic 🦋
I would have to agree about the fairy magic for sure!
I never heard of violet simple syrup before. Living in Wisconsin where violets are our state flower they are everywhere! Will need to make some of the syrup.
Enjoy!
Love your garden, so pretty. Loved learning how you make your simple syrup. Xoxo ❤️🌻🐝🍃
Thanks so much 😊 I love how your pool house came out!
Beautiful 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I enjoyed this so much. Thank you, Linda. 🤗💕
You are so welcome!
Beautiful video, very nice idea for the syrup! 😍💜
Thank you 😋
Hi Linda! The garden looks so sweet and neat!!! I love it! You see........another video.......another learning experience!! I never heard of violet simple syrup!! Definitely going to try it!! Have a great day!! :)
You are so welcome
Just a lovely presentation.....the live bumblebee picture and the sun reflection on the stone of your violet cocktail.loved it all..thank you...M.
Thank you so much 😀
Fantastic ❤️. I will definetley try this recipe ✨ thank you so much for sharing ❤️
My pleasure 😊
OMGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!! My jaw dropped when you put the lemon drops in and it was almost magical🧚♀️🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰 I hope I can find some violets now ohhhh wow thank you so much for sharing!!!
Isn't it cool how it does that?!
I always enjoy your videos and find them so informative. My sister makes violet jelly and syrup. She always gives me a jar and I think it's to pretty to use. But I manage to!!
That is awesome!
Hi Linda...lwas fascinated by the violet syrup especially when you added the lemon drops and WOW the colour change ...a wee bit of a magic show eh?... Sam and I are going to try the anti weed gravel although he's skeptical as he says they grow where ever they want!... the whole neighbourhood smiles and call him The Weedmaster they even cut our grass by way of thanks..Linda you are just the most inventive gal ever we are lucky to have you eh? .appreciation Susan in London Ontario
Thanks!
What a lovely and instructive video -- as always! Thank you for sharing. This recipe is going into my home recipe book, which my daughter will hopefully treasure in a few decades. .Thank you, Paige
Hope you enjoy it!
Thank you very much for BEAUTIFUL inspiration video👍😍🍹🌸🍀🐞 Maťa from Slovakia💕 Bye👋😊
Thank you very much!
Love your video. I look forward to all of them. The yard looks great. Are you sure you still want to move.....😊💐🌹🐝
Only if we find a home that speaks to us with a shouting voice.
I love your channel and your content...always relaxing
Thank you so much!
What a charming video. First of all loved your silver and rope tray. I liked the two little china black and white cows on the table in your garden. I have a little one. My husband brought it home for me. He had been out to lunch for business and the owner of the restaurant gave it to him for me. It was right after all the trouble the U.K. had with that cow disease. He said " Your wife is English isn't she. Mad Cow ? " Hhhmmmm.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for the Violet Simple Syrup recipe. It's magic. Looks lovely in that pretty glass.
Parma Violets are British violet-flavoured tablet confectionery manufactured by the Derbyshire company Matlow, named after the Parma violet variety of the flower.
The sweets are hard, biconcave disc-shaped sweets, similar to the Fizzers product from the same company but without their fizziness.
Source Wikipedia.
Thank you for sharing that information!!!! I will need to look up the Parma Violets. I just remembered we have a British food store in the next town over. I might take a drive there.
Nice video Linda!
I acquired the taste for violet when living in England. I love the tiny candies that are sold in tins. And yes, I find them in the US. As always, I enjoy all of your videos. 😊
Violet candies??! Ooooh! I’ve done sugar coated violets. I need to hear more please!
They are similar in size and shape to tic tac mints. Packaged in a small, white, oval tin with an illustration of violets on the lid.
I find them at my local neighborhood pharmacy and food market. I believe Whole Foods and Fresh Market stock them.
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@@newenglandfineliving the french farm dot com carries them, but they've been out of stock forever. I like to look around on their website quite a bit though so it's easier to spot gourmet food bargains at places like TJ Maxx, Home Goods, Marshalls, Ocean State Job Lot, Christmas Tree Shops and believe it or not....occasionally at the dollar tree!!
When you pour the boiling water over the violets to steep for 24-48 hours, do you leave it sit out (covered) at room temp, or does it need to be in the refrigerator at that stage? Thanks for the idea.
Do yo have any tips on keeping weeds out of the stones/pea gravel? I will put down a blk landscape cloth. But I wonder about maintaining it. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you!
Thank you, I love this video. I had no idea violets are edible. I'm going to try this violet simple syrup recipe. :-)
Hope you enjoy it!
Very nice presentation. I've made violet jelly a few times and to me it tastes like apple jelly.
Thank you 😋
May I ask where you got the lovely fencing around your garden? The pea stone looks great!
I was told it can be found at Lowe's. Ours was from the previous owner
@@newenglandfineliving thank you!
When you add the violet water mixture to the pot and heat up, do you add equal amount of sugar as the amount of violet water? For example if you have 2 cups of violet water then 2 cups sugar? I’m assuming so if it’s a simple syrup but wanted to make sure. You only mentioned equal parts violet and water.
You’ve got it! Equal parts violet water and sugar.
Is there any particular variety of violets that are not edible? I’m not sure how many variations there are, but I would like to try this but I would have to go in search of some violets. Thank you Linda
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I'm trying to get the nerve to .make Kudzu jelly from its blooms. I'm from the south. So we have plenty. And it smells wonderful.
Enjoy!
Thank you!