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Whitetop mustard bud clusters

May 23, 2013 Erica M. Davis 8 Comments

I’d been meaning to try eating whitetop, aka hoary cress (Cardaria spp., Lepidium draba or related Lepidium sp.)—an invasive plant targeted for eradication in many parts of the West. It saddens me to see whitetop taking over entire fields; I always wonder what plants might grow … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, May, spring Colorado, foraging, hoary cres, invasive, recipes, Rocky Mountains, whitetop

Spring plant tour: Frisco, Colorado

May 21, 2013 Erica M. Davis 7 Comments

It's been funny weather up here in the high country lately. Where we live at 10,000 feet, it has been snowing fat, clumpy, wet flakes for days. Then yesterday, late morning, I headed to Frisco through pouring rain to survey some trails. At my first stop, it was snowing and … [Read more...]

edible, featured, high altitude, May, photo gallery, spring

Ready-made Road Trip Salad

May 7, 2013 Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

We embarked on a road trip through Colorado, Utah, and Nevada to California’s Eastern Sierra last week. I had a lot of delicious wild greens on hand that I’d collected in Denver immediately prior, and I wanted to eat fresh salad for the duration of our journey through the … [Read more...]

edible, May Colorado, dandelion, Denver, foraging, musk mustard, prickly lettuce, recipes, salad, salad dressing, wild onion

Eating yucca flowers

May 28, 2012 Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

On Memorial Day last year we were still snowboarding at A-Basin, the snow drifts in the backyard were up to the life-sized metal deer’s neck, and the yuccas down Denver-way waited until late June to bloom. This year, the snow is gone except for a handful of high elevation chutes … [Read more...]

edible, May, spring Colorado, Denver, foraging, recipes, Rocky Mountains, urban foraging, yucca

Asparagus legend made real

May 21, 2012 Erica M. Davis 14 Comments

My friend Butter has been collecting wild asparagus with her family for many years. “Hunting for, and eating wild asparagus is such a long-standing and special tradition in my home, that I refuse to eat it store-bought, ever,” she writes. To me it’s funny how Butter could be … [Read more...]

edible, May, spring wild asparagus

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