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Spring is Japanese knotweed season

April 9, 2019 By Erica M. Davis 3 Comments

I’m breaking my fast this morning with stewed Japanese knotweed and peaches over Greek yogurt, topped with homemade granola. It’s a surprisingly nice combination—and beyond that, it’s very simple to make. I used last year’s harvest—which I had chopped and stewed with sugar and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: April, edible, featured, invasive, May, medicinal, non-native, plants

Best dandelion soup ever

March 13, 2019 By Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

Two years ago I was harvesting great quantities of dandelions greens from my back yard—which is located at 10,000 feet in Colorado’s high country—on April 7. Last year, we pushed our harvest back more than a month to May 22, when finally, after a wet rainy spell, the leaves … [Read more...]

Filed Under: April, edible, featured, high altitude, non-native, recipes

Spring into Wintercress

May 9, 2015 By Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

Wintercress is a lovely spring vegetable, ready in late April to early May on the plains, and mid to late May in the high country. The funny thing is, before I knew how to prepare it, I used to force feed it to myself. It was edible, after all—well-liked in some circles—and yet, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: April, edible, featured, high altitude, May, mustards, non-native, plants Tagged With: Barbarea, mustard, mustard greens, wintercress

Fun with Wild Waterleaf

May 1, 2015 By Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

Waterleaf is an interesting edible wild plant that does not get a lot of attention in the wild food media. The local species I know is Fendler’s waterleaf (Hydrophyllum fendleri), a native perennial that grows from Colorado’s Front Range west, in damp to moist soil mostly from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: April, edible, featured, May, useful info Tagged With: Colorado, Denver, foraging, greens, Hydrophyllum, Rocky Mountains, urban foraging, waterleaf

Don’t Forget the Tumble Mustard

April 22, 2015 By Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

If you’re looking to make use of local wild greens, why not give tumble mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum) a try? Tumble mustard—a non-native species from the Middle East thought to have been introduced to North America years ago via contaminated crop seed—is found throughout much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: April, edible, featured, high altitude, non-native, useful info Tagged With: foraging, mustard, plains, Rocky Mountains, tumble mustard, tumblemustard

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Best dandelion soup ever

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