Major recuperation mode today after two foraging hikes Sunday and Monday, and a busy day with various digital things yesterday. Did manage to get some baking done today though. Here’s some pics from the two hikes we did this week.
On Sunday, we gathered some desert parsley, purslane, more arrowleaf balsamroot flowers, some 3-flowered aven leaf, and observed that wild strawberries are starting to return to a former patch! Stonecrop was observed to be growing as well, and we stopped by to say hi to an aging Juniper tree we’ve named “June”.
On Monday, we hiked a different trail where we harvested yet more arrowleaf balsamroot flowers, some saskatoon flowers, a bit of sweet clover, and noted that the sage is starting to grow, as is the tarragon. I had to get a photo of a local sign. St. John’s Wort grows all over the banks near this sign, yet it’s listed in the noxious weed category! The text in the column to the right actually says to remove the noxious weeds! Well then. . . DON’T MIND IF I DO! lol!!! We gathered a fair harvest from that area last year. They aren’t growing as of yet, but when they do, we’ll grab them again this year.
We actually have pineapple weed trying to grow again here at home. Not sure if you can see their furry green tufts in this photo or not, but they’re there! Yaaaaaaaaa
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