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Southwestern fried yucca flowers

June 26, 2011 Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

Southwestern Fried Yucca Flowers

Late last summer, during a whirlwind West Coast visit, I found myself on an unlikely hike through prickly pear cacti up a Malibu mountainside in a private ranch of rented houses to a pool that was clothing-optional on Wednesdays. (Spending time with my friend Reina is always an … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, medicinal Colorado, Denver, flowers, foraging, recipes, Rocky Mountains, yucca

Warm and Fuzzy Mullein Celebration

June 24, 2011 Erica M. Davis 11 Comments

Iced mullein milk tea one day old.

No matter which way I turn, mullein (Verbascum thapsis) seems to insert its fuzzy leaves into my life. First there was the requested rescue mission to Aurora (on June 18), where Jim and Nancy invited me to weed out all of their mullein. Much to my excitement, there were about … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, medicinal Aurora, Colorado, Denver, foraging, mullein, recipes, Rocky Mountains

Whole spring dandelions delight

May 12, 2011 Erica M. Davis 5 Comments

A whole spring dandelion dug from the Denver dirt.

Yesterday another foot of snow fell at the house here at 11,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies. So much for the few hints of green that were beginning to poke out of the dirt. Fortunately, Gregg and I scored some small spring dandelions last weekend at his parents’ place at 6,100 … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, medicinal, spring Colorado, dandelion, Denver, east coast, flowers, foraging, recipes, Rocky Mountains, roots, tea

Expectorating with Sticky Gumweed

September 16, 2010 Erica M. Davis 16 Comments

The pungent curly-cup gumweed tincture with which I treated my dry cough.

Sticky gumweed is so distinctive; it’s difficult not to notice when it’s blooming, which in the Colorado foothills ranges from late July through early September.  Also known as curly-cup gumweed or curly gumweed, both the “sticky” and the “gumweed” descriptors in these common … [Read more...]

medicinal Colorado, Denver, expectorant, foraging, Grindelia, gumweed, recipes, Rocky Mountains, tincture

Roseroot is Edible, Who Knew?

August 11, 2010 Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

What I believe to be rosecrown, or Sedum rhodanthum.

I first noticed roseroot on a high-country hike above Fairplay, Colorado as Gregg and I were scrambling up a rock face, off-trail as usual. The plant is distinctive and attractive—tiny, blood-red flowers atop a fleshy stalk with spirally overlapping (Peterson, 1977) succulent, … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, medicinal bluebell, Colorado, dandelion, dock, foraging, orpine, pickles, purslane, recipes, Rocky Mountains, rosecrown, roseroot, sedum, stonecrop, succulent

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