I’ve never seen grapes this large, in the wild or otherwise. They’re huge. Curious about the current state of (now closed) Lake Sebago beach, I parked the car along the beach entrance road off Seven Lakes Drive, and hiked in with my two elderly...
I apologize for going on about the berries. Wild Berries: A Bumper Year But others have confirmed what I suspected about this year’s crop: compared to past years, there are lots. And lots. The picture that goes with this posts is of six cups of berries that we...
Huckleberries. Little black cousins of the blueberry, fruit of the forest. It’s mid-July in New York, and the huckleberries are ripe, and they’re out there. You just have to go get them, and put in the hours it takes to fill your basket. New York...
So what are serviceberries? Like the waxwing pictured, I almost don’t want to tell you, because then there might not be as many left to pick in Harriman State Park, especially as foraging is currently the hotbutton in the foodie spotlight. And especially as...
