If you’ve ever handled black walnuts you know how well they can dye your hands, countertop and many other things you may not want a deep brown color. Dark brown yarn is lovely. Black walnuts ready to be harvested! The first step is to carefully harvest your walnuts. I always use gloves to do this […]
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Dyeing with Black Walnuts
Posted in Crafts, Foraging, tagged black walnut dye, dyeing with black walnut, natural plant dyeing on November 8, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Acorns!
Posted in Cooking, Foraging, tagged acorns, free food, wild foraging on September 26, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
The acorns are ripe! They look a bit smaller than usual to me this year. Maybe the dry, hot weather? Check them over carefully to get good ones. So how do you get the good ones? You are looking for nuts that aren’t super bitter, don’t have a lot of worm holes in them and are a light […]
Real Snow Cones
Posted in Cooking, Foraging, tagged natural snow cones, real snow cones, snow cones, use of orange simple syrup on December 7, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Waking up last week and seeing snow my first thought was how beautiful it all looked and my second thought was that it was time to pull out the orange simple syrup from the candied peel adventure.
Foraging on the University of Washington Campus
Posted in Foraging on September 25, 2013 | 5 Comments »
As a new student to the University of Washington I have been taking a lot of walks to get to know the campus and give my mind a break between classes. Imagine my joy at finding the place a forager’s paradise. I tried to pass up the fat succulent acorns scattered across the sidewalks by […]
Greetings from Scotland!
Posted in Cooking, Foraging, People on the Move, tagged Scotland, wine, WWOOF on September 11, 2013 | 7 Comments »
Hello interested readers and urban farm enthusiasts, My name is Helen, and I am UFH’s foreign correspondent, also known as Diana’s daughter. I have come here to tell you about my experiences with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) during my gap year between high school and college. WWOOF is an exchange between hosts […]
Maine Blueberries are Ripe!
Posted in Cooking, Foraging, tagged blueberries, foraging on August 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Hiking up Mt. Champlaine with my husband and daughter I noticed a gleam of blue on a bush to the side of the trail. Wiping the sweat out of my eyes and looking closer I found to my joy that it was a blueberry bush covered with berries. Wild blues are sweeter and more intense […]
Wild Huckleberries
Posted in Foraging, tagged foraging, Huckleberries on August 9, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
On our last day in Glacier Park we went to the Two Medicine area near East Glacier. Along with a distant moose and gorgeous scenery I was happy to find lots of ripe wild huckleberries. These tasty little berries are wild cousins of the blueberry and have a similar flavor. This flavor has been seized […]
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