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Apr 19, 2015 15:55:24 GMT -5
Post by Latitude33 on Apr 19, 2015 15:55:24 GMT -5
Thought I would start a Forage thread. Not a lot of natural/native options locally. Did notice a few edibles and herbs along a new greenbelt trail that recently opened. Seems the city left in place a couple avocado and what looks like a peach. Technically not foraging but what the heck? Maybe some guerrilla gardening is in order?
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Apr 20, 2015 4:37:06 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 4:37:06 GMT -5
I'll leave it to others to describe the bits to eat-use on fiddle-head, asparagus, or cat-tail. They remain among the easiest for me to spot from the front seat of my car.
I can't say I have ever seen skullcap, bloodroot, or ladyslipper, even when my walking worked a whole lot better in the wild.
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Jun 15, 2015 11:31:47 GMT -5
Post by peasonearth on Jun 15, 2015 11:31:47 GMT -5
Last month while hunting for morels (we found three) my boyfriend and I discovered a whole bunch of ramps. We got dirty and stocked up. They ended up in salads and eggs, pickled. We got to the point where we had to start being selective otherwise we would have been in the woods all day. It certainly made up for the lack of morels. I'm really interested in learning more about foraging.
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Jun 16, 2015 10:10:46 GMT -5
Post by OregonRed on Jun 16, 2015 10:10:46 GMT -5
I watched a show on foraging on public television. I really enjoyed it. the show is called: B organic, with michelle beshen or beshan , she has a web site too.
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Jun 27, 2015 13:14:09 GMT -5
Post by tbird on Jun 27, 2015 13:14:09 GMT -5
nothing around here I would trust!
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Jun 27, 2015 17:18:03 GMT -5
Post by desertwoman on Jun 27, 2015 17:18:03 GMT -5
I love gathering wild rose hips in the fall.
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Jun 27, 2015 18:18:42 GMT -5
Post by brownrexx on Jun 27, 2015 18:18:42 GMT -5
I have eaten wild blueberries and wild strawberries but not much else. I have never even seen a morel although I would like to.
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Jun 28, 2015 9:18:07 GMT -5
Post by OregonRed on Jun 28, 2015 9:18:07 GMT -5
DW: what do you do with the rose hips? tea? it's a source of Vitamin C too...
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Jun 28, 2015 9:45:20 GMT -5
Post by desertwoman on Jun 28, 2015 9:45:20 GMT -5
Yes- rose hips tea. Excellent source of vit C I usually add them to other herbs
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Jul 25, 2015 0:37:56 GMT -5
Post by Latitude33 on Jul 25, 2015 0:37:56 GMT -5
Can one of you two ladies please elaborate?
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Jul 25, 2015 8:41:50 GMT -5
Post by desertwoman on Jul 25, 2015 8:41:50 GMT -5
Rose hips- when the petals fall off the flower, there is that nubby little ball at the end of the stem. Collect those when they are mature. Store dried hips in jar.
To make tea, place a few hips in tea basket; place in cup; add hot water. Steep 10-15 minutes (covered) Sometimes I add lemon grass or chamomile, or all three.
I collect from my rose bushes, but I also go up to a mountain meadow near here and collect from the wild roses in the fall.
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Jul 25, 2015 9:21:46 GMT -5
Post by OregonRed on Jul 25, 2015 9:21:46 GMT -5
and it tastes kind of sour, like lemon, yes?
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Jul 25, 2015 9:27:35 GMT -5
Post by desertwoman on Jul 25, 2015 9:27:35 GMT -5
Yes. little honey is good with it. And the chamomile smoothes out some of the sour, which is why I sometimes add it. The lemon grass adds another sour element, for the times I am craving sour.
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Aug 2, 2015 20:08:57 GMT -5
Post by Latitude33 on Aug 2, 2015 20:08:57 GMT -5
So, would native wild rose be best I presume?
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Aug 2, 2015 23:16:21 GMT -5
Post by desertwoman on Aug 2, 2015 23:16:21 GMT -5
They say that the best for edible hips is the wild rose hips harvested in the fall ( and after a frost is even better). But I believe all rose hips, are edible. I do harvest some from my garden rose bushes. They just aren't as flavorful.
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