Seventeen years gone now.
We spent Sunday morning foraging. Niki, Mo, Thing 1 & I. City Hall has some crab apple trees and an abundance of rosehips that we harvested for jelly making.
While there we enjoyed each other’s company and solved all the world’s problems. We also enjoyed the flower beds and various different trees planted around the premises.
We found a large patch of wild roses and harvested a nice amount of rosehips. Thing 1 had a good time practicing plant identification for her Botany class.
We harvested enough crab apples for jelly, cider, sauce… You get the idea
Also enough to share with others. Part of the joy of wildcrafting is sharing with others.
We also had to harvest our own plants. Lil Bit planted several herbs for her Botany class last year. They did very well and we’ve enjoyed fresh basil, cilantro and parsley this summer.
Alas, Old Man Winter is knocking at the door. Time to harvest as much as we can. Hoping for another cranberry picking soon. And a moose.
And afterwards we went for coffee.
#aklife #foraging #wildcrafting #bounty
We drove up to Cooper Landing this evening for a Recycled Fashion Show (more on that in another post) and along the way stopped to enjoy Nature’s beauty. The Chugach National Forest and the Kenai lake are here. It is a beautiful wide spot in the road. Enjoy some of the pictures we took.
Across the river, Chugach National Forest
Some fall foliage starting to turn.
A pretty little spot with fall foliage and a spawning salmon, can you see it?
Here it is!
Not the best for clarity but you can definitely see the salmon now!
Some exposed roots and a couple of small animal burrows. Neat stuff along the trails.
Dogwood
Wild rose hips.
All this and so much more. You have to see it to believe it and really appreciate the beauty that is our home. ❤ Alaska.
Alaska on my mind... 