Foraging for Wild Edibles: Highbush Blueberry - now online, not in-person!
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PLEASE NOTE: Updated logon information shown below.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, our scheduled gathering has been canceled. However, I am inviting you to alternatively join me for a virtual walk – not in person as originally scheduled.
This online event is the second of six in a series of virtual walks that will focus on Foraging for Wild Edibles.
This virtual walk will feature Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) that can be found bearing ripe fruit at this time throughout Ann Lee Pond Nature and Historic Preserve in the Town of Colonie. The online session will last <45 minutes, including an interactive discussion period immediately following the information-packed ~10-minute presentation.
If you have an interest in foraging for wild edibles, please join me for all six episodes of this series of “walks.” The four subsequent sessions will each feature different plants and, over the course of this series, you’ll learn about edible plant parts, including leaves, roots, stems and fruits (both fleshy and nuts).
For each online session, please be prompt and please understand that no more than 100 of us may participate.
To join this Zoom Meeting:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77488033275
Meeting ID: 774 8803 3275
Password: 7T3J0S
“See” you then!
Why forage? Foraging feeds us – literally and figuratively. Foraging helps to fill our freezer and pantry without us planting seeds or spending dollars. Foraging helps us to better understand the earth and more about our sense of place on it. Foraging anchors us in the season – it helps us to be mindful of the now.
Blueberries are often called a superfood because they are high in nutrients and antioxidants, low in calories, and have proven health benefits such as helping to maintain brain function and in fighting urinary tract infections. We will review where to find Highbush Blueberry.
We’ll then briefly discuss a few identification tips, its edibility, and some of its culinary uses.
Please logon to this presentation to learn more about this easy to find and identify and tasty wild fruit!