Forage Culture

It’s about time to dig roots, but you can still find a few above ground treats before all the fall colors disappear. Since we’ve had a few frosty nights, fruits like fox grapes and tiny crabapples benefit greatly from the crystallizing of sugars, so if you’ve had your eye on a few spots, go gather their goodness now! It’s also a great time to find these fruits since most of the leaves have already dropped and left the fruit highly visible.

Also shown here is late goldenrod, my personal favorite tea substitute, and a few final green walnuts with their earthy, zesty peels just waiting to be made into bitters.