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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

Fall plant tour: Frisco, CO

September 16, 2012 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Last week I led my first-ever edible plant ID hike, on North Tenmile Creek Trail in Frisco, Colorado. Here's a tour of the plants we found in case you'd like to look for them yourself. Wild Teas First is fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium, above). It is a native plant but it … [Read more...]

edible, fall, high altitude currant, dandelion, dock, fireweed, gooseberry, huckleberry, juniper, kinnikinnik, Oregon grape, raspberries, Ribes, rose hips, sweet clover, trailhead, wild chamomile, willow dock

Stir Fry on the Wild Side

June 29, 2011 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

A delicious and attractive wild stir fry.

Yesterday I experienced the somewhat unique problem of having too many bags of wild edible plants in my refrigerator and not enough “normal” food with which to make lunch. So I improvised—and it worked out surprisingly well. When In Doubt, Stir Fry  My most successful stir … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, June bluebell, Colorado, fireweed, foraging, mertensia, recipes, Rocky Mountains, yucca

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Fall foraging

Oregon grape delight

Wild seed drink

Quickweed greens

The delicious ‘wild wonderberry’

Three pennycress mustard recipes

Land caviar from kochia seeds

Fruity sipping vinegars

Wild tarragon in the weeds

Sprouted goosefoot flour

Book reviews

Samuel Thayer’s ‘Incredible Wild Edibles’

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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