Jellies and Jams, My Currant Obsession
Wild black currants with distinctive Ribes leaves. 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,...
View ArticleFall Foraging in the Colorado High Country
Tart purple gooseberry on a spiny bush. 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...
View ArticleThe Current Currant Season is Kicking
Juicy Ribes berries dangling from spiny branches, beware! Photo by Gregg Davis. The currants and gooseberries were not yet ripe here at 11,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies when I published my August...
View ArticleThere’s No Foraging Like Snow Foraging
October snow hovers in the high country. It’s mid October and it just keeps snowing here in the high country at 11,000 feet in Colorado Rockies. You’d think foraging season were over, but it’s not....
View ArticleWild Edible Notebook—September 2014 Release!
Last night we had the in-laws-to-be over for dinner and I set out two jars of jam to accompany the chicken, each made from a different species of wild-foraged gooseberries. One was red, mild, and...
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