Fiddleheads

I just discovered a patch of fiddleheads in a damp spot near my lawn. Everywhere else, the ostrich ferns have unfurled, but in this one spot, this late spot, the fiddleheads are just poking up. I harvested a colander-ful. I love harvesting wild vegetables. Fiddleheads taste like a cross between asparagus and broccoli stem. TheyRead more about Fiddleheads[…]

10 May

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Violets

Violets are blooming in my yard–white violets and violet violets. The person in my family who mows the lawn is ecstatic. “They’re so beautiful!” I do not remind him that in previous years he preferred the clean-cut look of new-mown grass, while i cried, “But the violets!” This May, we are both in love withRead more about Violets[…]