Anya and I walked down to the farm by way of the river to get the trail camera card — coming up the western side of the river, I noticed there were bountiful rose hips. We stopped for a bit and picked the juiciest looking ones — not quite a cup, so I guess we’ll have to go out again next weekend.
Anya removed the husks & gave these a spin in a bucket of water with a paint stirrer drill attachment. Now they’re laying out in the sun to dry.
There are black walnut trees all over the farm — we should have loads of walnuts this year since we managed to get a cartload of walnuts from the back woods last time.
Anya and I harvested a bunch of spruce tips today — we can make spruce tip syrup and spruce tip ice cream — and gathered a big handful of willow branches to make a root stimulating liquid (also, the kombucha is still doing well!)
We were out foraging in the woods and happened across a bunch of black walnuts … and then found what I assume is a squirrel’s cache of the things.
We’ve been harvesting some turkey tail mushrooms — I’ve marinaded some in a jerky sauce and that made an interesting, chewy mushroom jerky.
