This is a recent thread on harvesting elderberry and preparing for tincture. Many other threads on the subject - use search.
You can even get involved in the "Sambucol-Wars" if you want -- is it a good thing or a bad thing to boost/suppress the immune system before/during the avian flu/cytokine storm?
http://www.curevents.com/vb/showthread.php?t=35281&highlight=elderberry
OK. Now you've done it! I won't be able to get off *this* website for days! Holy Moley, there's a lot of information! What fun!