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Wild Edible Notebook—July Release!

July 17, 2011 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Halfway through July I am honored to present the second issue of the Wild Edible Notebook, my journal-style tale of select plants. In this issue, read up on succulents including roseroot, rosecrown, and purslane. The July issue also has instructions for a few brightly-colored … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude Colorado, foraging, notebook, purslane, Rocky Mountains, rosecrown, roseroot, stonecrop

Sweet pickling succulents

July 14, 2011 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Succulents are juicy plants that store water in their leaves, stems, and roots, an adaptation which helps them survive in arid climates or soil conditions. Aloe, agave, sedums and purslane are some examples. Although “dry” is not a word I’d use to describe the high country … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, summer Colorado, flowers, foraging, pickles, recipes, Rocky Mountains, rosecrown, roseroot, sedum, stonecrop

Roseroot is Edible, Who Knew?

August 11, 2010 Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

What I believe to be rosecrown, or Sedum rhodanthum.

I first noticed roseroot on a high-country hike above Fairplay, Colorado as Gregg and I were scrambling up a rock face, off-trail as usual. The plant is distinctive and attractive—tiny, blood-red flowers atop a fleshy stalk with spirally overlapping (Peterson, 1977) succulent, … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, medicinal bluebell, Colorado, dandelion, dock, foraging, orpine, pickles, purslane, recipes, Rocky Mountains, rosecrown, roseroot, sedum, stonecrop, succulent

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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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