I always learn something from your videos. The icing on the cake is the fact that your videos are very calming to me. It feels like walking into a storybook ❤️
I feel the same sweet reminiscence towards Lilacs, from my childhood. The first thing I planted when moving here 30 years ago, was a Lilac bush. . There is nothing quite so nice as walking past that bush, it's scent fills the air with loveliness.
A girl after my own heart! I’m doing an Herb talk and devotional with our younger ladies at church on Saturday. I didn’t use lilacs but I used mint, lemon slices, and blueberries to make ice cubes. I’m demonstrating scented geraniums to make sugar, herb butters, and even a foot wash to use after gardening. Your video was beautiful and it’s so nice to see you sharing your love of gardening on UA-cam! Thank you Abby Jo!
Your tea party looks simply enchanting. It was as if I could smell the lilacs as you were preparing them in your many delectable treats. Thank you Abby Jo.
Just how lovely was this Tea party and preparing for it. 🥰🤗🎀💐☕️☕️🫖☕️❤️❤️❤️❤️Your children will always remember these sweet memories of how you made family life so special and will do the same for their families!! I wish I was there to spend tea time with you and yours💓💓👏🏻🤗🍃🌸I have really enjoyed the last week catching up with all your COSY videos ✨😘this is my way of life too!! We make our OWN happiness ❤️🍃🌸Thank you for always sharing parts of your simply COSY living🎀🫖☕️☕️💓I will be back in Michigan late August for a few weeks and I love having my tea times with my parents 💓🫖Living in Florida… well we don’t have snow to deal with but it does get really cold🌴I always miss my Michigan. Thank you for sharing and always being here🤗🤗🤗🤗
I am so glad you enjoy these videos and that it’s your way of life too. I hope you have a lovely time with your parents. Michigan gives beautiful summers and I’m enjoying it to the fullest ❤️
I feel the samr about lilacs. The home I grew up in was in my uncle's land. His home was over 100 years old and my home wasn't far off to that as well. Both properties had lilac bushes. I absolutely love them. 🙂
I also keep a large jar of dried lilacs. Nothing better than the smell of lilacs in the dead of winter❤️ I melt my solids and use a pastry brush to get in the creases on pans.
A wonderful tea party.. oh I do love a lilac bush…may it bring you lots of joy each season!…oh how lovely it would be to celebrate other plants too in this way… lavender biscuits, roses water,chamomile tea ,elderly berries jam on and on it goes…beautiful video as always.. TFS and have a wonderful week!…
I too grew up with a giant lilac bush in my backyard in Upstate NY and they always bring back such happy memories for me. Like you I read many a book inside my lilac cave, hidden away and surrounded by it’s beautiful fragrant blooms. Beautiful video 💕 Thank you for sharing and an opportunity to reminisce 💕
I never think to use lilacs for beverages or food, but I have three huge bushes in my back yard that I should investigate! Also, I'll bet candying the lilacs would be a nice way to decorate baked goods, too.
Oh how I love Lilac, I love this video too!💜 The season of flowers is such a magical time. It will be one of the first things I plant when I own my own house someday. And hyacinth too!🦋
Love, Love, Love these awesome creations. I learn so many beautiful things from you. So talented and inspiring. I haven't had a lilac tree in years. I'm surely going to plant one now and till then I shall bug everyone I know for flower's. LOL 😆
Lilacs are such beautiful flowers and I love how you show the many ways we can use them. I'll have to try the Italian soda one of these days :) And as always, your baking looks delicious 🥰
Hi Abby Jo , love this video, and the different ways you incorporate the lilac didn’t know you can even make a frosting. OMG’ everything looked so delish and your tea party 🍰☕️with your girls so priceless your videos are so calming and enjoyable to watch.. 😃😘👍 Thanks..!!❤️
~Beautiful from beginning to end. I have always loved Lilacs, I have three lilac bushes and was excited to have Lilacs bloom for the first time three years ago after planting them over 15 years ago. I have since to see any more blooms but I am hopeful I will again see blooms again one day. The weather is so unpredictable and I suspect that has something to due with it, enjoyed your video so much!~
Hello Abby Jo can you please do more of these useful videos of ways to use flowers and herbs etc please. I knew about lilacs being safe to eat if you have the right lilac bush. I'm very excited to learn more about the Italian cream soda drink you made. Any more flavours that are good? An Aussie girl loving your cooking style reminds me of my late aunty's cooking.
Delicious Cake 🎂 🥮 😋😋 Abby Jo ..Your Lilacs are beautiful..what a fabulous find on your property 😍We have one bush here in Wyoming ..but not flowered in 2 yrs ..since we had a major hailstorm 2 summers ago ..☹..
Thank you dear, that’s too bad it’s not flowering anymore 😟 that is sad! I hope it comes back to blooming. We are going to have to majorly prune ours this year it’s overgrown and I want to keep it healthy.
You should also try making lilac vinegar. I saw someone do it on UA-cam a few days ago but I can't remember who. They used their lilac vinegar in salad dressings. You should also try a mint sugar. A teaspoon in tea gives a Moroccan style flavour.
Wow I had no idea Lilacs could be used in so many ways. 💜 I learn something new with every video of yours AbbyJo 💜 Thank you 🙏🏻 P.S now I could see those 2 chairs you didn’t get last thrift store trip out there during that tea party lol 😉
How can you tell which Lilac tree or bush is the right one. I want to make some of this so badly. Will have to scout out a tree/ bush. Thank you sweetie love your videos.
I ran to the phone to look at calls and nope! I wasn’t invited 🤣. Everything looks amazing 💕 I’ve never seen a lilac bush in person. It’s 107 here in El Paso, you are not catching me outside but🔥 it sure looks so lovely to be outside In your video. ~Janet 😘
I hope you enjoyed a day of creating lovely lilac goodies in my cottage kitchen with me, have a lovely week friends!
I always learn something from your videos. The icing on the cake is the fact that your videos are very calming to me. It feels like walking into a storybook ❤️
I’m so glad that you learn something from them, but they can be calming too 🥰🥰🥰
omg i so agree with you on this ! when i see a new post i can’t click fast enough .
Beautiful, calming, and loving. I enjoy your videos so much. Thank you for sharing your homemaking enjoyment.
I’m so glad you enjoy our videos 🥰❤️😍
I feel the same sweet reminiscence towards Lilacs, from my childhood. The first thing I planted when moving here 30 years ago, was a Lilac bush. . There is nothing quite so nice as walking past that bush, it's scent fills the air with loveliness.
Awww 🥰 that’s wonderful! The scent is loveliness itself 💜💜💜
A girl after my own heart! I’m doing an Herb talk and devotional with our younger ladies at church on Saturday.
I didn’t use lilacs but I used mint, lemon slices, and blueberries to make ice cubes. I’m demonstrating scented geraniums to make sugar, herb butters, and even a foot wash to use after gardening.
Your video was beautiful and it’s so nice to see you sharing your love of gardening on UA-cam! Thank you Abby Jo!
How wonderful 🥰 I think it’s wonderful you are teaching and giving an herb talk! I love everything that has to do with the garden 💜💜💜
@@ForgottenWayFarms Thank you! Me too!!!! Absolutely!
P.S. I could almost smell your beautiful lilacs!!!💜
@@oakhillstudiotisha5434 They are so delicious smelling, I literally got teary eyed when I smelled them 💜💜💜
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Your tea party looks simply enchanting. It was as if I could smell the lilacs as you were preparing them in your many delectable treats. Thank you Abby Jo.
Thank you dear 💜 the smell of lilac is so lovely!!! Have a beautiful day.
Such a lovely garden party, our lilacs are long gone, I can not wait till next spring to try all of your recipes. Lovely video.
Thank you so much 😊 You must try the recipes next spring :)
I certainly will.
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oh my goodness i love lilacs i had no idea you can use the lilacs for sooo many things . you amaze me i love learning all these new things from you .
Awww 🥰 thank you!
Abby, you truly have a gift for making every day a special day. How lovely to have a lilac tea party! I'm sure it tastes as wonderful as it looks.
Awww 🥰 thank you Kathy ❤️
Just how lovely was this Tea party and preparing for it. 🥰🤗🎀💐☕️☕️🫖☕️❤️❤️❤️❤️Your children will always remember these sweet memories of how you made family life so special and will do the same for their families!! I wish I was there to spend tea time with you and yours💓💓👏🏻🤗🍃🌸I have really enjoyed the last week catching up with all your COSY videos ✨😘this is my way of life too!! We make our OWN happiness ❤️🍃🌸Thank you for always sharing parts of your simply COSY living🎀🫖☕️☕️💓I will be back in Michigan late August for a few weeks and I love having my tea times with my parents 💓🫖Living in Florida… well we don’t have snow to deal with but it does get really cold🌴I always miss my Michigan. Thank you for sharing and always being here🤗🤗🤗🤗
I am so glad you enjoy these videos and that it’s your way of life too. I hope you have a lovely time with your parents. Michigan gives beautiful summers and I’m enjoying it to the fullest ❤️
That was such a beautiful video, I didn’t want it to be over🌷❤️🇨🇦
Thank you, I’m so glad to hear that 🥰🥰🥰
This was just beautiful!! I had no idea how many uses Lilac has!!❤
Thanks Abby Jo!!!❤
I’m so glad you enjoyed it 💜💜💜
I feel the samr about lilacs. The home I grew up in was in my uncle's land. His home was over 100 years old and my home wasn't far off to that as well. Both properties had lilac bushes. I absolutely love them. 🙂
How lovely, such good memories :)
I need to plant lilac this week! Never had it and crossing my fingers that it grows in Texas.
You really should!! 💜💜💜
I never relaxed more watching a YT video! You are truly blessed with a wonderful talent! Thank you and God bless!❤️
I’m so glad these are relaxing for you 🥰❤️
Wonderful, soothing video, I love lilacs but I had no idea I could do so many lovely things with them ❤
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it :)
I meditate while listening to you, so calming.
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Wow thank you for sharing. I really loved the whole atmosphere you created. I felt it even thru the video. ❤️❤️❤️
Awww glad you enjoyed it 🥰🥰🥰
I also keep a large jar of dried lilacs. Nothing better than the smell of lilacs in the dead of winter❤️ I melt my solids and use a pastry brush to get in the creases on pans.
Lovely! Lilacs are so worth keeping for the winter months :) Good idea, I had never tried spray before and it was too runny ;)
Thanks for sharing Abby Jo 3-19-2023❤
Your welcome 🤗
A wonderful tea party.. oh I do love a lilac bush…may it bring you lots of joy each season!…oh how lovely it would be to celebrate other plants too in this way… lavender biscuits, roses water,chamomile tea ,elderly berries jam on and on it goes…beautiful video as always.. TFS and have a wonderful week!…
Thank you so much! It will bring so much joy through the seasons 💜
This is beautiful...lilacs are my favorite flower..
Thank you, they are a delightful flower! 💜
I never knew you could eat and drink lilacs. I learned something new today.
💜💜💜 I’m so glad!
Mmm...almost drove to Michigan just to visit with you,...and taste that moist lavendar cake! lol!
:) You are so sweet!
What great ideas! I love the idea of the Ice Cubes with the Lilac! Everything looked so delicious! 😋. Thanks for sharing! 😊. Happy Sunday ☕!! 💖
You are welcome dear! Have a lovely week 💜💜💜
You are a wealth of information. I enjoy spending time with you, I learn so much.
I appreciate that! Thank you :)
I too grew up with a giant lilac bush in my backyard in Upstate NY and they always bring back such happy memories for me. Like you I read many a book inside my lilac cave, hidden away and surrounded by it’s beautiful fragrant blooms. Beautiful video 💕 Thank you for sharing and an opportunity to reminisce 💕
Such good memories of childhood!!! So glad you enjoyed this video :)
I never think to use lilacs for beverages or food, but I have three huge bushes in my back yard that I should investigate!
Also, I'll bet candying the lilacs would be a nice way to decorate baked goods, too.
Oh, yes candied lilacs are a very good idea!
I’ll bet your kitchen smells amazing while you’re doing this!
It does! 💜💜💜
Thank you for sharing. I can not wait to try these fantastic recipes.
You are so welcome 💜💜💜
You make everything beautiful!
Awww 💜💜💜 thank you.
I never knew you could have all of these wonderful uses with lilacs.
💜💜💜 It’s fun you can even make jelly and can it!
Thank you it is so calming
Awww, glad to hear that :)
Thank you so much for this lovely post... xx
Yay 💜 I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I just love your garden tea party! What great ideas. Your ice cubes and beautiful cake is amazing. What a lovely video. 😍
Thank you so much, I’m glad you got ideas from it 🥰🥰🥰
Beautiful ! Thank you for sharing ❤
Thanks for watching!
Oh how I love Lilac, I love this video too!💜 The season of flowers is such a magical time. It will be one of the first things I plant when I own my own house someday. And hyacinth too!🦋
I totally agree! Every home should have a lilac bush :)
Love, Love, Love these awesome creations. I learn so many beautiful things from you. So talented and inspiring. I haven't had a lilac tree in years. I'm surely going to plant one now and till then I shall bug everyone I know for flower's. LOL 😆
That’s wonderful, I really hope you plant one 💜💜💜
So many creative ideas loved it
Thank you dear!
Beautiful video, thank you for all the effort you put into your videos 💕
I’m so glad you enjoyed the video ❤️
Lilacs are such beautiful flowers and I love how you show the many ways we can use them. I'll have to try the Italian soda one of these days :) And as always, your baking looks delicious 🥰
Thank you dear, Italian sodas are so yummy ❤️ and you can make any syrup you like.
My ancestors also say they usually planted lilacs next to their outhouses ☺
Makes sense 👍😊❤️
Hi Abby Jo , love this video, and the different ways you incorporate the lilac didn’t know you can even make a frosting. OMG’ everything looked so delish and your tea party 🍰☕️with your girls so priceless your videos are so calming and enjoyable to watch.. 😃😘👍 Thanks..!!❤️
Hello Bea, I’m so glad you enjoyed it! It was fun making all the lilacs goodies and having a tea party.
Thank you for the lovely vlog!
You are welcome 💜💜💜 so glad you enjoyed it!
Wish you had a recipe book would be great 😀so many great ideas
I have a Christmas baking cookbook in the description box, and I am thinking about more 🥰
Better than tranquilizers, I’m so calm and relaxed 😌 A beautiful video! New subscriber here
Thank you so much 🤗
Everything looks so beautiful ♥️🌸🌹
Thank you 💜💜💜
~Beautiful from beginning to end. I have always loved Lilacs, I have three lilac bushes and was excited to have Lilacs bloom for the first time three years ago after planting them over 15 years ago. I have since to see any more blooms but I am hopeful I will again see blooms again one day. The weather is so unpredictable and I suspect that has something to due with it, enjoyed your video so much!~
Thank you dear! I'm thrilled you planted Lilacs, they will keep giving over the years :)
Hello Abby Jo can you please do more of these useful videos of ways to use flowers and herbs etc please. I knew about lilacs being safe to eat if you have the right lilac bush. I'm very excited to learn more about the Italian cream soda drink you made. Any more flavours that are good? An Aussie girl loving your cooking style reminds me of my late aunty's cooking.
Thank you 🥰 I plan to do more! ❤️❤️❤️ Italian sodas are good with really any flavor. You could make berry syrup and that would be awesome!
I would love to learn how to use dandelions. Your videos have taught me a lot, Thank you.
I’m glad to hear that 💜 and I would love to do a video on dandelions sometime!
Thank you for the how to lovely video!💐🌼🌻
You’re welcome 😊
It's the first time that I hear lilac (🇩🇪 Flieder) can be used like that. I just knew about elderberry
(🇩🇪 Holunder)-syrup, -water and -pancakes.😊
Elderberries are so good too :)
Delicious Cake 🎂 🥮 😋😋 Abby Jo ..Your Lilacs are beautiful..what a fabulous find on your property 😍We have one bush here in Wyoming ..but not flowered in 2 yrs ..since we had a major hailstorm 2 summers ago ..☹..
Thank you dear, that’s too bad it’s not flowering anymore 😟 that is sad! I hope it comes back to blooming. We are going to have to majorly prune ours this year it’s overgrown and I want to keep it healthy.
Wow it's awesome
Thanks for watching!
New subscriber:) the history on the lilac bushes was so neat :) you have a knack for cottage :)
Thank you 🥰 and a big welcome to our channel!
@@ForgottenWayFarms thanks :)
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You should also try making lilac vinegar. I saw someone do it on UA-cam a few days ago but I can't remember who. They used their lilac vinegar in salad dressings.
You should also try a mint sugar. A teaspoon in tea gives a Moroccan style flavour.
Those sound like great ideas 💡 thank you!
Hello Abby Jo I wish we had some lilac bushes in our yard or honey suckle
Hello 👋 💜 maybe you can forage from a friends yard?
Is it possible to get your recipes
Especially the breads. Love watching you. Thanks for your hard work🦋🌸🦋
I’m thinking of doing some ebooks soon on bread making and you can get some of my recipes on my blog www.forgottenwayfarms.com 🥰❤️
Wow I had no idea Lilacs could be used in so many ways. 💜 I learn something new with every video of yours AbbyJo 💜 Thank you 🙏🏻 P.S now I could see those 2 chairs you didn’t get last thrift store trip out there during that tea party lol 😉
I know, I really am wishing I would of just bought them and figured it out later! 💜💜💜 I’m so glad you always learn something, love that!
@@ForgottenWayFarms Go back and get them lol
@@gramarye_cottage Well, next time I’m down there I will check and see if they are still there 💜
How can you tell which Lilac tree or bush is the right one. I want to make some of this so badly. Will have to scout out a tree/ bush. Thank you sweetie love your videos.
I would check online and familiarize your self with the two different varieties. :) I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you, dear!
I ran to the phone to look at calls and nope! I wasn’t invited 🤣. Everything looks amazing 💕 I’ve never seen a lilac bush in person. It’s 107 here in El Paso, you are not catching me outside but🔥 it sure looks so lovely to be outside In your video. ~Janet 😘
😂 Thank you, Janet 💜💜💜 stay out of the heat and have a lovely week!
Wow what a beautiful Tea Party I just love watching your videos it's like walking into a storybook it truly relax me
You can put lavender into sugar for hot tea
That sounds lovely! 💕🫖☕️💕
When you use all these different types of oil's do they leave that flavor in whatever your cooking or baking?
Yes, the flavor isn’t as strong when baked that’s why I used it in drinks and frosting because you get that floral taste 💜
What kind of lilac can you use for edibles. Love you videos!
First Always do the research and know what your picking, the lilac is called the “common lilac” 😊
Hello from Rochester, NY
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wow so pretty great videos as always :)!
Thank you, so glad you enjoyed it 💜
But I have very fragrant small roses they smell amazing
Oh love roses too! ❤️
How exactly do you do lemon zest?
I dry lemons during the winter months in my dehydrator and blend them up in my vitamix and I have a beautiful lemon zest for cooking and baking 💛
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I don't have any wild lilacs around but I could buy me a plant to grow I live in the south Mississippi
Good idea 💜
Is the a recipe for the gluten free cake?
Yes, I tried it from a website, I will link in the description and here too. gfjules.com/recipes/gluten-free-limoncello-pound-cake/?
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