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Huckleberry, billberry, whortleberry, grouseberry

August 25, 2023 Erica M. Davis 5 Comments

The other day I collected three precious pints of Colorado huckleberries (Vaccinium species). They may be small, but their intense, sweet-acid punch means a little goes a long way. They are some of my favorite wild berries! Here in the Central/Southern Rockies we have three … [Read more...]

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Quickweed greens

September 15, 2021 Erica M. Davis 7 Comments

As the season for abundant leafy greens wanes, I find myself more and more obsessed, tiptoeing daily around my yard and garden to fill my bowl. I steam greens and eat them with eggs for breakfast, fold them in great quantities into omelets, whiz them into pestos and green … [Read more...]

fall, featured, summer Colorado, Denver, east coast, foraging, introduced, non-native, Rocky Mountains, urban foraging

Eating nodding thistle stalks

June 17, 2019 Erica M. Davis 3 Comments

On Saturday I stopped by my sister-in-law’s house, where I was persuaded to help weed her hillside of invasive nodding thistles (Carduus nutans). I didn’t mind because several days of rain have left the ground soft with moisture, and nodding thistle happens to be a good wild … [Read more...]

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Forgotten rhubarb of the Old West

June 18, 2016 Erica M. Davis 7 Comments

I love my Old West town for many reasons, and one of them is rhubarb (Rheum spp.). It is one of the few food plants that can be cultivated here up high where I live, due to our extremely short growing season and cold nights. I’m hardly the first to discover this, for the rhubarb … [Read more...]

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Narrow dock in mushroom sauce

June 16, 2016 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

There are many species of edible dock (Rumex spp.), all of which are related to buckwheat and rhubarb. As a group they generally have dark green leaves that are somewhat thick, and papery sheaths wrapping the base of their leaves and flower stems. Docks produce clustered seed … [Read more...]

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