'Early Days' Poem written by The Silicon Tribesman. All Rights Reserved, 2023. Repost only with credits.
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Crowberry Flowers❤️
In a month or two these tiny little plants will be covered on black berries!
Food uses for the berries include being stewed and used for syrups, cakes, muffins, fruit leather, and savory jams and jellies. An ice-cream topping can be made by mixing stewed Crowberries with honey and lemon.
For medicinal purposes, Discovering Wild Plants by Janice J. Schofield says this:
“Infusions of crowberry twigs and stems have been administered for colds, kidney troubles, and tuberculosis. Dena'ina Athabascans drink the tea for diarrhea. Kobuk River Eskimos use crowberry juice in sore eyes torelieve snowblindness. Decoctions of the roots and bark have also been used for sore eyes and cataracts.”
Crowberries are often found in bogs, heaths, tundra, and high mountains (the latter being where I took these photos yesterday). They range from Alaska and the Yukon to California.
Also something to note is that when you find them, you often find them in bulk. This is a mountainside completely covered in Crowberry flowers :-)
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Seek me in the wild places, where I wish to dwell,
Where the grass grows long and wild, and stubborn trees pop up,
Find me in the foggy mornings,
In the empty coffee cup.
I am the quiet moonlit snow,
And chilly autumn swell.
Seek me brave adventurer,
With this wild warning.
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