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Oregon’s Native Edible Berries And When They’re Ripe
740 wordsOne of the best things about summer is harvesting local berries! There are so many here in Oregon that I had to narrow it down to some of the best tasting and most common. Let me know if you try any of them, and always be careful when eating wild foods—if you’re not 100% sure…
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Balsamroot Hill
256 wordsThe wind folds through the grass, turning it over, sculpting it, and, if you listen closely, you can hear the grass as it bends. In the distance there is the ever-present hum of the river, a muffled noise pressing in on you from somewhere far off, somewhere beyond the crest of the hill, and in…
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Which Wild PNW Plants Bloom In Early Spring?
339 wordsYesterday was the first official day of spring here in the northern hemisphere, but the plants have been telling us that spring is here for a while now. Read on to find out which wild plants have already started blooming in Pacific Northwest forests! 🕓 Time to read: Indian Plum Oemleria cerasiformisRose FamilyNative to PNW…
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Through Time
212 wordsThese are the scatterings of the wind—hemlock needles, and fallen branches, and hive-shaped cones, all blanketed in snow. Our steps are strange and lumbering, and, above us, the sky is heavy. It’s rain—the kind of rain that seeps out from tree branches and hillsides, the kind of rain that is somehow, in itself, green. Down…
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