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Fruity sipping vinegars

September 15, 2015 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Berry season has been good this year in Colorado’s high country. I've been cooking down all manner of wild berries—black currants and gooseberries, Oregon grapes, and black elderberries from Denver-area landscaping—and straining out the juice through a makeshift setup of cut, … [Read more...]

edible, fall black currant, chokecherry, elderberry, gooseberry, Oregon grape, soda, vinegar

Nothing Left to Do but Self-Medicate

February 12, 2012 Erica M. Davis 6 Comments

Dried mullein leaves.

This is great—not only did I jump off a bush (on my snowboard) in an attempt to skip over some rocks to a mogul that turned out to be solid ice and hear my knee go “crunch,” such that I am suddenly confined to home awaiting an MRI, but I am also coming down with a cold, sore … [Read more...]

high altitude, medicinal cold, Colorado, Denver, elderberry, foraging, Grindelia, medicine, mullein, non-native, Rocky Mountains, sticky gumweed, willow, yarrow

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