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Christophe wrote:...BTW, nice link to the firewood poem...hopefully when you burned your sambucus, death was not around the house!!!
That is interesting and surprising. I will look at elder differently in future. Thanks for sharing that anobiumanobium wrote:Sambucus nigra AKA elder has, according to H Edlin ( Woodland Crafts in Britain) many uses varying from pea shooters to a substitute for boxwood as old wood is very hard. It can apparently be used as a substitute for ivory or dyed black it serves as ebony. Its uses in making wine and supposed medical benefits are well known.
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