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New England Foraging Adventure – Part I

May 4, 2012 Erica M. Davis 15 Comments

Lush bitter dock growing outside a chicken coop in eastern CT.

“There’s a reason why the pre-Columbian population of Colorado was low,” wild plants author Sam Thayer once wrote me, referring to the relative lack of edible wild plants in this semi-arid land compared to lusher parts of the country. How dare he? I recall thinking—though truth … [Read more...]

edible, invasive bitter dock, chickweed, Connecticut, dock, east coast, foraging, garlic mustard, introduced, New Hampshire, New York, non-native

Wild Beach Pea Stir Fry with Dandy Flowers

June 15, 2011 Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

June beach pea pod heist from the Connecticut shore.

I ran into an old high school friend at the beach in Connecticut the other day. She was busy chasing around her two toddlers who kept trying to pick the pretty purple flowers in bloom amidst the dunes. “Don’t pick those flowers,” she admonished. “Don’t go in the grass. We need to … [Read more...]

edible beach peas, Connecticut, dandelion, east coast, foraging, recipes, shoreline

Wildman App Makes Foraging with Technology Likely

June 10, 2011 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Wild Edibles app by Steve Brill and WinterRoot LLC. Image from iTunes.

Steve Brill recently released “Wild Edibles,” an iPhone app that helps foragers identify and use edible wild plants. The free version, Wild Edibles Lite, contains 20 common plants, while the full version costs $7.99 and offers “165 edible plants, 52 minor look-alikes, 719 images, … [Read more...]

edible, useful info east coast, foraging, New York, recipes, reviews

Spring Foraging in the Hudson River Valley

May 27, 2011 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Ubiquitous ferns past the edible fiddlehead stage.

It’s been a number of years since I made it out east in the spring—and what a spring it is! Apparently it’s been raining more than usual, such that the outdoors is carpeted in lush new green growth the likes of which I seldom see. Coming from the Colorado high country, where snow … [Read more...]

edible cooler bag, east coast, fiddleheads, foraging, garlic mustard, invasive, morels, mushroom, New York, non-native

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

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Summer foraging

Huckleberries, billberries, whortleberries, grouseberries

Quickweed greens

Eating nodding thistle stalks

Forgotten rhubarb of the Old West

Narrow dock in mushroom sauce

Wild tarragon in the weeds

A tale of four daisies

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Hank Shaw’s ‘Buck, Buck, Moose’

Katrina Blair’s ‘Wild Wisdom of Weeds’

Thomas Elpel’s ‘Foraging the Mountain West’

Dina Falconi’s ‘Foraging & Feasting’

Ellen Zachos’ ‘Backyard Foraging’

Rebecca Lerner’s ‘Dandelion Hunter’

John Kallas’ ‘Edible Wild Plants’

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