It’s that time again!

 It’s that time again!  My son called to tell us that there was a wonderful tree full of persimmons on the campus of OSU just down the street from us so we gathered up our bags and went to harvest some from the ground after the rain last night and the strong winds. Since there are no deer on campus the only ones that are going to be interested in these persimmons  are probably us :-) but we left plenty in case anyone else finds the treasure. I canned them without Sugar as I feel that they are plenty sweet enough, added just a little bit of lemon juice, some ginger, and a teaspoon of vanilla

Salad with evening primrose buds and lambs quarter leaves

 

Prim rose buds and beans

 Prim rose buds and beans.  Evening primrose is a beautiful wild plant which we allowed to grow in our garden, both for its beauty and Because it is delicious. The buds, flowers, and leaves are all edible. I add the buds salads and also cook them with beans and new potatoes.  The picture below is a painting that I did of the beautiful primroses.

Foraging in your garden

  Foraging in your garden    This is kind of a strange post because I have a lot of things growing in my garden that you’re very familiar with but you may not be familiar with eating other parts of these plants. You’re probably familiar you’re with  eating garlic bulbs which appear under the ground but maybe not so familiar with eating garlic scrapes which are the little tassel things that grow above the ground and eventually produce a pretty little garlic flour. You can eat both the scrapes and the flowers. I also have evening primrose growing in my garden you can eat both the flowers and the leaves and they end up in quite a few of my salads. I grew radishes this year and let some of them go to seed so that I can plant the seeds next year But I bet you didn’t know that you can also eat those little seed pods. They’re both crunchy and spicy. Great and salads.

Service berries and white mulberries

I’m getting ready to dry the mulberries and my husband is making kombucha with both Service berries and mulberries

 

My garden… Some wild things and some tame ones :-)

 

Dehydrated mulberries

I don’t care much for the taste of mulberries so I usually add them with other berries to a pie or cobbler but last year I discovered something new. Dehydrated mulberries are the best! They’re crunchy, sweet, delicious! I put them on yogurt and it has a nice crunch