All About Rosehips // harvesting & preparing for syrup & tea
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- At Okanagan Lavender & Herb Farm, we grow, harvest, dry, distill and infuse over 20 aromatic plants to make the ingredients for our small batch botanical products: www.okanaganla...
Our Workshop Wednesday series highlights our favourite herbs from the garden and how they can be used to create lovely products with simple ingredients you probably already have on hand at home!
In this video, we'll show you the perfect time to harvest rose hips, how to prepare them to dry for tea and how to make your own rosehip syrup!
Looking to incorporate rosehips into your skin care routine? Our farm-infused Rosehip Oil roll on can be found on our website here: www.okanaganla...
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MAKE YOUR OWN ROSEHIP SYRUP:
Bring 2 cups of water to a boil, add 4 cups of washed, destemmed rose hips and simmer for 20 minutes, pressing with a potato masher to break up the pulp.
Strain through a double layer of cheesecloth. You should have 2 cups of rose pulp.
Add 1 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Bring to a boil then simmer for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
Strain through cheesecloth to remove any rosehip hairs or seeds.
Bottle and keep in the fridge, and enjoy within 6 months!
I just dry my wild rosehips (whole) store them in a mason jar and when I am ready to put them in tea, I crush them and put them in a fine mesh tea ball or teapot strainer along with any other herbs that I want to make tea from, pour hot water over it and let it steep for about 20 minutes. Never have had any problems with the "little hairs." It's too labor intensive to de-seed them! God Bless.
Thanks for the tip
Do you pick them when they are red and strong, or when they become all soft?
@@AvdylGashi1 I pick them when they are red and wait for them to undergo at least one freeze (32°F). Then they're ready.
And. after the war, rosehip syrup was still given out to families on the National Health. My family received a bottle a month right through the 60's.
I remember getting it in my school dinners at primary school (1970s), usually as a swirl of syrup in semolina or rice pudding.
What a wonderful memory 🌸
I just picked wild rosehips today, and I came across your video. Thank you for the information! I’m going to make syrup and dry some for tea.
I love visiting your farm when we visit every year. I remember when you first started up the farm, the first planting and the original ‘shed’ you worked/sold out of. Always enjoyed your products especially your tea blends.
Oh, thank you for sharing your memory 🥰
Croatia is famous by rosehip jam and tea.
I’m not even past 0:36 seconds into the video and feel compelled to say what a beautiful colorful view.
@@odimarbatista3976 thank you 🌿
Oh my goodness. I’m so happy to have found your channel. You are just the perfect person that I have been looking to learn from. God bless you dear sister. 🙏🙏🙏🥰😊🙏🙏🙏
I wasn't aware of removing the stem and squeezing out the innards. Thought I had to cut them in half. ha ha. Our 10-year-old grandson is now interested in foraging so thought this would be a good project for him and I to make this fall! I went to your lovely farm a few years back. It's beautiful there. Thank you for the tutorial!
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Thanks alot! I just found a nice bit of rose hips on my hike. I want to make a tea and then ferment it with a SCOBY
Yea I wanna try and make rosehip kombucha too
Let me know please, if you can, about how you prepare the scoby 😊
@@grannydems5044 I did it. It turned out better than i expected. I crushed them and steeped like a tea, then added a black tea scoby. the flavor was excellent. i didnt have enough rosehips to do a second batch, but now i have found several more places to forage rosehips and i will do it again!
I'm over in Cyprus county in Alberta; we have roses absolutely everywhere producing buckets of those little guys. Thanks for teaching me when and how to pick them; I've always loved them in tea.
Well thank you that's us off out foraging today!
Have fun!
Thanks for sharing this as I've just picked some nd didn't know anything about them. All the very best frm England 😊
I hope you have fun using them 🌿
Hurray. So glad I found your channel. 😊😊😊 much thanks
You're so welcome, Cindy! I hope you have fun creating :)
Just found this as we got roses that are actually lasting. Thank you for explaining it!!
I planted an edible hedge with hawthorn and Japanese wild dog roses. It's year 3. I harvested 100+ ripe hips last night. I'll make rosehip tea, rosehip syrup, and rosehip oil. I'll also eat some.
That's lovely, enjoy!
Thank you so much for all your information and advice ma'am! 😊
@@jameshilton3668 you are very welcome James 🌿
I remember from my schooldays: getting rosehip seeds thrown down the back of my shirt by some bully. A very itchy experience!
The original itching powder, very unkind 🌿
THANKS MY DEAR FOR THE GREAT INFORMATION MANY BLESSINGS
Learned a lot. Thanks for sharing how to make the syrup and tea. 😊
I'm so glad it was helpful for you! Enjoy!
You need to learn how to make jam with this kind rosehip, I was making since I was a child, and jam is lovely.
It was great to watch you make the syrup. I saw tonight in another vid how it can be poured over ice cream or even go into whiskey. Also, in England, 2tsp daily is good for the Anti-oxidants. Still, no one discussed if the nutrient value is hurt with the cooking.
I also saw, how once soft on the bush, using both hands (thumb and finger) the seeds can stay stuck in the hip while the paste is squeezed out to be eaten. Since I had a sink full of freshly picked hips I tried it and was pleasantly surprised at the good taste.
AmaZing that the vit. C content is like 400x more than an orange...I'd probably have to leave them on the bush and visit daily to enjoy them this way though.
I also wondered if there's an antidote for an itchy throat, in case someone got into trouble....I'll be googling;0)
I use reusable coffee filters, doubled up to strain my rosehips and find it works very well.
Cooking does reduce the vitamin C, but doesn't eliminate it.
Hopefully you enjoy making syrup 🌿
The University of Suceava in Romania published an excellent study on rosehips and the impact of processing on the vitamin C content.
Thank you, this was exactly what I was looking for!
You're most welcome 🙂
Thank you❤
Very well explained.
Thank you, our rosehips are just colouring up now, we'll have another harvest in a few weeks 🌿
I harvested wild rose hips today, this has been really useful and inspiring!
Thank you!
You are most welcome 🙂
Thank you! you are super awesome! I have been picking rosehips in my yard and am psyched to make syrup.
Have fun 🌿
Fantastic info! Thank you! ❤
@@edshellard you are most welcome 😊
Thank you. Learned something new and useful 💕💕
Thank you for such a nice video, lots of love to you from zanskar, ladakh of 🇮🇳
I’m in the UK and this looks so great. I’m going to try it. When I was a child we had ‘Delrosa’ Rose Hip Syrup from the welfare clinics and it was delicious.
What a wonderful memory 🌹
Del Rosa! There's a name I had forgotten. I grew up in the UK (60s) & my mum gave us a spoonful of Del Rosa every morning. Delicious!
So cool! I found some wild roses on my property! Hoping they are ready to harvest. Going to finish my coffee and go look!
Have fun 🌿
Thank you for sharing your video. I only have one concern, and that is over boiling it destroys the benefits of the herb/rose hip isn’t it? To get the full benefits of the rose hip is to steep for 3-5 min in hot water to make a tea so I do not destroy it’s benefits because the leaf, flower or part of the plant (rose hip) are more delicate, so we do not boil we infuse to make a tea. Just my way of doing it since I was a little girl.
I also believe Rose hips are really high on vitamin c it helps with infections, bladder difficulties, flu, mouth sore, PMS and the common cold. Adding lemon 🍋 is also very very beneficial since vitamin c fights cancer so does the lemon. We are blessed by Nature as they are Nature’s Potent healers.
Thank you for sharing this.... 🏹❣️
Sending you much love and light.
Excellent video. Wonderfully soothing voice and very eloquent. I learned a lot. Thank you.
Most welcome, thanks you for letting us know you enjoyed it ☺️
Enjoyed that. Many thanks.
Most welcome ☺️
@okanaganlavendar&herbfarm I was hoping that you might cover how to make the infused oil. Do you used dried hips? Do you take the seeds out before? And do you use a cold or heated extraction? THANKS!
I just found your youtube channel and i thank you for this very informative video about rosehips, new subscriber from Belgium . :)
Thank you 🌿
I'm new to this. My rosehips look like little tomatoes. When I take top off can see the seeds. Last night was a first frost like they say to wait until to pick but the rosehips weren't mostly bright red yet or soft enough.
Lovely helpful video thank you!
Happy you found it helpful 😊
This was really helpful. You gave some info others had not thought to include...thankyou...
Thanks so much 💗👏🏽 Great info and your syrup looks delish 🥰
I absolutely love rosehip syrup and rosehip oxymels 🌸
Informative and well-presented. Also labor intensive, so it explains why rosehip products are not cheap(but worth it) :) I myself like rosehip jam :)
Love rosehip jam, syrup and jelly 🌸
Nice work 👍
Thank you!
Delightful! Thank you 💖
Thanks for the video! 😊🤗
You are most welcome 🤗
Great video ❤😊
Thank you 🌿
😊TY for the VIDEO ❤ PEACE
I came here looking for a clever way to rid the insides of the hairs so I was excited by how easy yours came out just by squeezing the fruit. I tried it but the whole hip just mushes together in one big gooey seedy hairy mess. I believe I'm using Nootka rose hips but they do seem to be a bit more elongated than yours. Am I waiting until they are too soft? Or perhaps I'm doing something else wrong. Any advice is greatly appreciated as I adore rosehips and would love to be processing my own. Thank you!
Sometimes they release better if you let them sit on your kitchen counter overnight.
They don't always cooperate, I do use a cheese knife and tiny spoon to scoop out some of them 🌸
Thank you!! You’re the best!
Most welcome!
❤nice 👌
Excellent video!
Thank you 😊
Thank you ❣️
Just brilliant and the information couldn't be coming at a better time seeing how we are possibly on the verge of World War 3. I can't help but notice the price of food is skyrocketing and also in short supply. On any given day our local Walmart store will be completely if not nearly out of meat, milk or even bread. People need to wean off your dependency on Big Brother to take care of you. Do all you can to learn about wild Foods as well as hunting
Crazy I never new this.
Great video very informative. I’m curious as to whether boiling the hips destroys all the vitamin C and other nutritional properties in the plant? X
Cooking reduces the vitamin C content, but doesn't eliminate it 😊
Being at 212°F (boiling) for one second is enough to entirely destroy all of the vitamin C present.
Being at 120° for a minute is even enough to entirely destroy all the vitamin c. Vitamin C is an unstable compound that is incredibly sensitive to temperature.
Absolutely great. Thanks a lot.
I’ve read that you can wait until the Rose Hips are really ripe and soft, remove the stem and squeeze the pulp out between thumb and first finger for seed free pulp. Have you tried this technique?
I do use that technique, it is brilliant but I find it works best on the big rosehips.
May I ask how old you are? You look so young and beautiful! Youthful skin!
I think I picked my rose hips too early… They are still kind of hard but they are orange. Could I still use them? Thank you for the very informative video :-) I am obviously new to this! Lol
It's best to wait to pick them after the first slight frost in your region (google whatever that is)
Hi there! Greetings from Northern Alberta, our local rosehips here are quite large, so imagine how excited I was to stumble upon your video! We've already had a bit of quite a bit of snow here and it's -18 today so some of my rosehips are a bit wrinkled. Does this make them not as suitable for uses?
Hi Cara-Rae, I'm so glad you found the video helpful! I have never worked with frozen rosehips, but we stop harvesting when they become too pulpy and mushy to handle. You could always try picking some, cut them in half and scoop out the seeds/hairs - then dry them and see how they turn out! Rosehips have a beautiful, strawberry like aroma - I would think if they have gone off, the aroma would be the first to degrade. Good luck :)
Victory Gardens were part of the war effort during the World Wars to help reduce pressure on food production in several countries, including here in Canada. I harvest some of the rosehips of the Wild Alberta Roses on my property. Leave some for our feathered friends.
Victory Gardens have such an interesting history 🌿
Very informative video. Thanks for sharing. Can we do this with Rosa Ragusa which is a rounder and bigger hips.
Thank you! Very helpful video. I am trying to learn what I can do with foraged rose hips so this has been informative. I was just wondering if you are able to use the leftovers from the syrup for anything (like possibly drying it out and grinding it into powder?) instead of just getting rid of it.
The rosehips are full of those irritating hairs that was once used as itching powder... It would be hard to separate those out. We compost ours and that is always a benefit 🌿
@@okanaganlavenderherbfarm1994 Thank you for the response!
this is the life i wanna live-
Not a tea drinker but wonder if anyone has tried rose hips in coffee.. I drink black coffee and am curious..
Hmmm, this would be a curious experiment, but to make tea, the water is quite hot, and then they steep for 7-15 min?
It could work with soft fresh whole hips as to a dehydrated. I'll be trying it myself, out of curiosity, in the a.m. just to see how it changes the flavour of my coffee;0)
You mentioned if you cut your roses you won’t have the hips, but what about if you harvest the flowers (petals/heads) only but leave the stems? Will that produce hips?
Hi there, thanks for this fantastic video! I have 2 questions: I live in an area where it rarely, if ever, frosts. But roses do very well here and I have many rose bushes. Can I still harvest my rose hips? Do you think it might work to pop them in the freezer overnight after harvesting?
2nd question: Besides for drying the rosehip shells to use for tea, do you have ideas for how to use rosehips without any added sugar?
Thanks so much! Your farm looks absolutely beautiful.
I would think if you left your rose hips until they begin to soften, that would be the right time to harvest them.
Rosehips have an amazing aroma, very much like strawberries when they are dried. I love the taste and do not think they need sweetening 🌿
It's just a lot of work to scoop out the hairs and seeds, so I only get a precious amount each year.
You could certainly try making a sugar free syrup, I would explore adding lemon juice and zest in varying amounts.
Thank you i enjoy learning about how to make the syrup.what about the seeds how to use them? this is my first time watching
I compost the pulp and seeds when I am done making syrup 🌿
great idea i usually toss them in the trash
can you mix with honey instead of sugar, for better health benefits and longer storage time?
I was wondering the same thing.
Heating honey causes it to lose those beneficial properties. Only use honey uncooked apparently
Could you use a masticating juicer instead of the cheese cloth 🤔... I have some hips that I'd love to try this out on. ❤
I don't know what that is, we strain through cheesecloth to remove the fine hairs of the hip.
I would love to know how to make the infused oil for skin!
Are all Rosehips edible, like roses bought from nurseries ? Thank you, wonderful video.
You just want to use organic rosehips. I wouldn't use any that have been sprayed or that you didn't know the origin of.
As she mentioned in her reply you want to be sure that the roses have not been sprayed with anything.
You can use the rose hips from the rose bushes that you buy from any Nursery.
You must be careful not to consume the seeds they can be poisonous.
There are some fields with huge wild rose bushes near some walking trails that are covered with rosehips. I'm assuming any rosehips will do?
I'm always careful to only pick in areas where no spraying occurs and I only harvest a little from each bush 🌿
Thanks for your video...can I use ordinary garden type roses/rosehips?
You can, just be sure they are not sprayed 🌿
Could you possibly pick them and dehydrate them whole for a future use??
We pick many rosehips in the fall to dry for using later 🌿
Thanks- this was informative & nice! Is it possible to use honey or maple syrup in lou of sugar?
That's what I want to know also!
I have never tried either honey or maple syrup, but I think it would be great to try either one!
Thankyou, very pleasant and informative to watch. Just one thought though, doesn't putting them in boiling water and simmering so quickly destroy the vitamin C? One video suggests a very low simmer for one and a half hours to prevent destroying it?
@@cyntheahunt1028many studies suggest the vitamin C content is reduced by about 15 percent. Here is a study exert you might enjoy.
www.eatweeds.co.uk/vitamin-c-loss-and-rosehips
could one use honey instead of sugar?
I froze about a kilo of fresh rosehips last autumn (2022). Is it too late to put them to use as a syrup or tea? Thanks for your very informative and inspiring video!😊
I've never used frozen rosehips before. Maybe try a little batch first to see what kind of results you get 🌿
I understand that the vitamin C is gone completely by the heat whilst scurvy is caused by the lack of vitamin C. Not quite sure how the syrup could heal scurvy though.
I've been looking for something like this. What are the best roses to get rosehips? Preferably in a temperate or tropical area?
We use several different rosehips. I prefer the Nootka Rose for tea, they are quite tiny. That is just a personal preference though. I would ask at your local garden centre to see which is best in your growing zone 🌿
I have to grow my roses in pots. Will they still produce rosehips?
Please make more videos here? Did you change platforms?. Thank you.
Thanks for reaching out 🌿
We do have a number of DIY reels on our Instagram!
So, is the vitamin C content not damaged by cooking? Also, what grade of cheese clothe do you use? I just went to order some and there are a few choices :) I'm so excited to try this! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
As long as you don't boil it for hours you only lose about 15% of the vitamin.
I read many scientific articles where they tested this and It seems most sources show that being at the temperature of boiling water for a few seconds is enough to completely destroy all the vitamin C present. It's a very volatile molecule.
Hi. Just seeing your channel. I live in Seattle. So you ship the rose hips and your products?
Hello Sandra, unfortunately we do ship to the USA, but we have many American customers who have orders shipped to them when they are visiting Canada 🌿
Hello very interesting do you ever use the seeds to cold press for oil and if so how do you do it
We don't have a press 🌿
Hello. I'm considering growing a damask rose at home, mostly for the petals for a tiny-batch hydrosol for personal use. I realize it'll take a few years before I can maybe get a decent amount of petals for even a tiny, tiny batch after first planting one out. Since you have damask roses for hydrosol production and rosehips, I would like to know if removing petals for hydrosols has any (negative) impacts on rosehip development and numbers...? I still enjoy foraging for rosehips, but if I can get extra at home, then, hey, why not? When is the best time to collect petals while still preserving rosehip development? Also, big thanks for the handy tip on removing the seeds+hairs in a single go... I love simple solutions.
We never pick our early petals, we have about 12 days to harvest. We pick during the middle.
We find our Rosehip harvest is impacted by the weather ...too much heat, too much rain..not many rosehips.
@@okanaganlavenderherbfarm1994 Many thanks! Given the cool wet springs and occasional heat domes now in BC, I'd be coddling my little roses in their first few years, at least.
Would a 2 to 1 ratio with the sugar not be enough of a preservative it's self.
Can you make the syrup from the smaller rose hips?
@@travisquiroz6885 I often use the wild Nootka rosehips to make syrup 🌿
How do you wash those bottles 😊😊
You are referring to the bale bottle? We use baby bottle brushes and our commercial dishwasher ☺️
Have you tried to add the sugar the first boil? I'm wondering if a one time cook, would process the same effect? I know it would be harder to get the hairs out...is this the reason for 2?
I haven't, but that's the fun of experimenting 🌿
Very nice video, thank you. I want to ask if the heat will destroy the Vitamin C?
Check out the study done by The University of Suceava, Romania on Google scholar, it's very interesting regarding the levels of vitamin C content in rosehips as they are processed.
@@okanaganlavenderherbfarm1994, Can you put the link, please?
Can I pick any rose hips from my garden roses? XO
As long as they are spray-free, they should be fine 🌿
I found some wild rose hips that were very red, but not soft. Do they need to be soft before you use them?
To scoop out the inside hairs, we pick them when they are softening up. 🌿
Will any roses work? I have climbing roses.
As long as they are spray free 🌹
Can you use any rose bush?
We use several different species of roses. I would be careful to avoid areas along roadways due to exhaust fumes and if foraging, only collect about 10 percent of the hips.
why dont you buy and use a Tincture press?
Can you use wild rose hips for the syrup?
Yes! I often do 🌿
why not use the pulp for rwse hip tea and strain before drinking
Sounds like it would be worth a try 🌿
Just found your video, I have a question about the rose hips. I have the wild roses and when I went out to pick them there were lots of bright red ones but also a lot of dark dark red ones too. Are these still ok to use for something or are they to old
You want rosehips that are red and beginning to soften, not orange. You get a feel for the ones that are best as you go 🌿
what exact variety is the Damask rose? theres so many
It's a beautiful Gloire de Guilan rose 🌹
@@okanaganlavenderherbfarm1994 I googled that. It is so pretty! Do you sell the seeds?
Thankyou for the information and trivia. Do you know if heat damages the vitamin C In the syrup process? My rosa rugosa is loaded this year and I want to try this. Also, can any type of rose hips be used? Best regards to you.🥀
Your vitamin C content is reduced but not eliminated