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Second Autumn Olive Berry Harvest

Posted on November 6, 2009August 24, 2018 by Devin
06
Nov

On this trip 6 of us (4 children, 2 adults) managed to harvest a little over a gallon of fruit (18 cups!) in about an hour. We visited a spot […]

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Posted in Uncategorized  |  Tagged autumn olive, edible plant, harvest, invasive species, riparian, riverview park, shrub
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Fruit Leather

Posted on November 4, 2009August 24, 2018 by Devin
04
Nov

Autumn Olive, (Elaeagnus umbellata)While this species, a native of Korea, Japan and China introduced to North America in 1830, is not very popular because of its tendency to take over […]

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Persimmon…round one was a little bitter!

Posted on November 3, 2009August 24, 2018 by Devin
03
Nov

We attempted to dry the persimmons we collected yesterday and it worked like a charm! I just placed them on a drying rack with a small mesh and put them […]

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Posted in Uncategorized  |  Tagged art, bitter, diospyros virginiana, dried fruit, edible plant, ospyros virginia, persimmon, pulp
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American Persimmon

Posted on November 3, 2009August 24, 2018 by Devin
03
Nov

We went on our first outing at Riverview Park! After a bit of playground play, and watching groups of kids pull canoes from the river, we set off in search […]

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Posted in Uncategorized  |  Tagged diospyros virginiana, edible, harvest, native americans, persimmon, riparian, riverview park 2 Comments
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