Tag: <span>rosehips</span>

Fall News, Book Efforts, Foraging Updates

I’m sitting here having experienced a bit of emotional whiplash. Sunday’s attendance at the Rutland Flea Market ended with a very exuberant conversation with a post-secondary student who I hope to engage with more in the future. That was a very upbeat, energetic conversation, ending the day on a very …

Buried Under a Fall Harvest!

Here we are at the end of another month already! It’s been busy! Foraging has continued to be about shoring up stocks that we hope will last us through to the next foraging season for various herbs. My concerns about crab apples were SOUNDLY put to rest by the tree …

Foraging Updates, Fall Fair Prep, Fall Harvest Observations and a Safety PSA!

The smell of rosehips wafts through the house, while flint corn hangs in corners and across eaves, curing. The crockpot outside is on it’s second round of heat-treating chokecherry berries while the first round has been mashed and sits in a hanging cloth over a bowl. Two of these three …

Happy Dance and Foraging Escapades

Doing an internal happy dance over here! I don’t dance, but in my head I am, or maybe if you see me in person, it might look like the happy little gerbil bop they do when they’re excited over something (daughter used to keep gerbils, we may have picked up …

More Foraging, and In-The-Field Medication

Sunday’s foraging run was about just two things, more rosehips, and yarrow.  We could have grabbed so much more chokecherry, but that wasn’t going to happen.  We’re tapped out with what we can process and store for this year. The trail we were on is frequented by other foragers and …

Surfacing From Summer Foraging Mayhem

The summer foraging season has been a major whirlwind for us this year, but I think I’m starting to crawl out from under it. The tub of crushed chokecherry leaf used by Ashtree Wildcrafting as a base for several of the looseleaf teas, is largely full with two more trays …