A few years ago I took cuttings from my favorite local wild grape vine and grew them in my backyard along the fence around our pool. Two amazing things happened. […]
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Category: Foraging
Roasted Dandelion Root Coffee
I have been experimenting with making a caffeine-free coffee substitute from foraged dandelion roots. So far I have tried: No Roasting Without drying and roasting, the resulting hot drink was […]
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Wine #10: Staghorn Sumac Wine
Staghorn sumac wine featuring hen of the wood mushroom.
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Cider #26: Concord Hard Cider
9/11/23 Volker brought over some apples from the trees in his backyard, and at the same time Joe let me know his concord grapes were “definitely ripe” if I wanted […]
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Sweet Fern Tea
On a recent cross country skiing trip someone brought some Sweetfern tea made from the wild sweetfern and dried. I tried some and it was miraculously something I’d been looking […]
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Wild Violet Infusion
A runner, N, at the recent Grafton 15k Trail Run came up to me after the race and mentioned that he’s been looking for wild violets to use to make […]
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Northville-Placid Trail XC Skiing
An old friend, “S”, who recently returned to the area of my home town and I have been trying to meet up for an outdoor activity. I get the text: […]
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Dried Reishi Tea Powder
I found some really nice Reishi mushrooms. I chopped them up into small pieces, and processed them in the food processor. It happened to be an unusually sunny and arid […]
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Cider #12
9/14/21 I rode my bike to Hannaford and picked a bunch of nice apples from the tree in front of the supermarket. I squeezed 3 gallons of juice from apples […]
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Lots of Rain = Mushrooms
I’ve been neglecting my mushroom hunting duties after having rain every day for many weeks. I finally went for a run with B and G and found at least five […]
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