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Dried wild plants experiment

April 2, 2013 Erica M. Davis 5 Comments

This summer, I’ll be drying more leaves. Last season’s nettles were a no-brainer, and they disappeared from my pantry shelves fast—in the form of tea and a much-loved pumpkin nettle beer soup. But what of the other leafy greens I enjoy all summer long? Could they help to tide … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude bluebell, Colorado, cow parsnip, fireweed, foraging, mountain parsley, recipes, Rocky Mountains, wild carrot

Cow parsnip at every meal

July 31, 2011 Erica M. Davis 7 Comments

A cow parsnip carpet far as the feet could walk.

I woke up yesterday morning and cooked my very first quiche, in which the principal ingredient was—you guessed it—cow parsnip! We had it for breakfast; we had the leftovers for dinner; and then we had cow parsnip candy sticks for dessert. For me, there is simply no getting tired … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude Boletus edulis, candy, Colorado, cow parsnip, foraging, king bolete, mushroom, porcini, quiche

Tale of a Golden Foraging Opportunity

July 22, 2011 Erica M. Davis 3 Comments

Forager on a Golden hillside. Photo by Gregg Davis.

On our way home from Denver last Friday, Gregg and I made a detour up Golden Gate Canyon Road to check out a 93-acre ranch that Marilyn, who I met when she commented on a post, invited us to forage. (Actually, truth be told, I invited myself and she was generous enough to … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, medicinal Colorado, cow parsnip, currants, Denver, foraging, Front Range, Golden, goosefoot, lamb's quarters, mustard, nettles, pennycress, plantain, purslane, recipes, Rocky Mountains, sticky gumweed, stinging nettles, tansy mustard, thistle

Seasons Change

July 11, 2011 Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

Look under the big cow parsnip leaves for the young new growth.

Harvesting wild edibles is not like shopping at the grocery store, where you can get your favorite fruit or vegetable the whole year long. In the wild, seasons change. Some time ago I read a story about increased-Twitter-use coinciding with rising depression due to a person’s … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude Colorado, cow parsnip, dock, elkslip, foraging, Rocky Mountains

Crazy for cow parsnip

June 19, 2011 Erica M. Davis 4 Comments

I gathered some cow parsnip a few days ago on June 15th. It’s still young in the high country (at 10,500 feet), so I just took a little—a few snips here and there of furled, unfurling, and newly unfurled woolly green leaves and petioles (leaf stalks), from a community of plants, … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, June, summer Colorado, cow parsnip, foraging, Rocky Mountains

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