Herban Lifestyle’s recent post reminded me that this is the time of year when you can forage for wild wineberries in our area. Wineberries, I learned last year, are of the genus Rubus, the same group as raspberries and blackberries and all manner of delicious little cross-breeds. If I can’t go home to Washington State [...]
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It’s Wineberry Time
Posted in Food, foraging, tagged DC, foraging, wineberries on June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Handsome Truffle Hunter
Posted in foraging, tagged dogs, foraging, photos, puppies, truffles on December 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m off on business to Minnesota for a couple of days. It’s going to be a high of 9 degrees there on Thursday. OMG. I don’t know how people survive there. In the meantime, here’s a nice picture of the chocolate lab my mom has trained to hunt for truffles back in the temperate Northwest. [...]
Winter Chanterelle Hunting
Posted in foraging, tagged chanterelles, foraging, mushrooms on December 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When I was back in Washington State last week for Thanksgiving, my mother and I took the dog out in the same woodsy spot where we picked blackberries last summer. The dog loves romping around. And we love foraging! This time of year, we were on the hunt for truffles and mushrooms. Mom has trained [...]
Sunday Photos: Mushroom Hunting
Posted in Food, foraging, tagged foraging, fungi, mushrooms, photos on September 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For months now I’ve meaning to attend one of the mushroom hunting forays led by the Mycological Association of Washington, but logistics always got in the way. But finally, yesterday, I was free on the foray date AND the foray was accessible by public transportation (took an hour to get there, but we car-less urbanites [...]
Almost Fig Season
Posted in Food, foraging, tagged DC, figs, foraging on August 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
There are several fig trees near my community garden plot, and I’ve been eyeing the unripe green figs for many weeks now. In the latest email from the Freshfarm Market people, I found out that figs will be at the market this weekend. I can only assume this means that the figs on those trees [...]
New DC Food & Garden Blog Links
Posted in Food, foraging, Gardening, tagged blogging, community supported agriculture, CSAs, DC, foraging, links, wineberries on August 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I keep learning about new blogs, so now my RSS feed is overloaded! But it’s really great that DC is home to so many food and garden blogs. Here are a few I’ve learned about recently: The Houndstooth Gourmet: This gorgeous Virginia-based blog was one of the other blogs Mary of the Arugula Files mentioned [...]
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