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No foraging like snow foraging

October 19, 2011 Erica M. Davis 6 Comments

It’s mid October and it just keeps snowing here at 11,000 feet in Colorado's high country. You’d think foraging season were over, but it’s not. Two days ago I awoke to a steady snow and found myself unable to focus on work. By noon it stopped but the wind kicked up; the way it … [Read more...]

edible, fall, high altitude Colorado, currants, dandelion, foraging, gooseberries, huckleberries, recipes, Rocky Mountains, snow

The current currant season

August 26, 2011 Erica M. Davis 6 Comments

Juicy currants dangling from spiny branches, beware! (Gregg Davis photo)

The currants and gooseberries are ripe now, and oh what a currant season the current season is! I had an inkling of the potential the other day when we visited the Como Roundhouse during Railroad Days and Deb was kind enough to let Gregg and I and Kor from Holland out back to … [Read more...]

edible, fall, high altitude bugs, Colorado, currants, foraging, gooseberries, insects, Rocky Mountains

Fall Foraging in the Colorado High Country

September 26, 2010 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

We had a great hike on Pennsylvania Mountain near our house in the Colorado high country yesterday afternoon. My intention was just to go for a short jaunt because we both have non-wild-edible-plants-related work to get done. So we headed up to one of our usual spots—an old … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude Colorado, currants, dandelion, foraging, gooseberries, mushroom, puffball, Rocky Mountains

Jellies and Jams, My Currant Obsession

September 15, 2010 Erica M. Davis 5 Comments

Juicy black currants ripe for the picking.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, I absolutely love making jellies and jams!   Mind you, this is a complete about-face from how I felt about them yesterday, especially after Gregg read aloud the brochure that came inside the box of MCP pectin and it said we had to “Measure ingredients … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude Colorado, currants, foraging, gooseberries, huckleberries, jam, recipes, Ribes, Rocky Mountains

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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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