Elder flowers, questions about

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Hello, Beverly and All-- haven't posted here in a long time. Finally am brewing

KT again. I have a huge elderberry crop shaping up in my yard this year, and I

want to put some fresh elderflower in it for health reasons.

For harvesting the flowers-- do I pull off just the white petals and use those?

I know that parts of the Elder are not edible.

If I'm concerned that the elderflowers might be gone before the KT is ready, is

there a way to preserve them, or should I soak them in commercial KT now?

I'm assuming that I'll wait to add the elderflowers until the KT is ready to

harvest and start another batch with plain. What else do I need to know about

adding the flowers? Put in bottles or vat brew?

I have very bad allergies and so does my dear dog. Being bad this year.

Thank you for the help.

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