Notes on Foraging

In case you’ve missed my earlier posts, it is Spring! Undoubtedly my favorite time of year. Though the wind is blowing and we’re facing scattered showers presently, we enjoyed a few gloriously warm (60F+) days last week. So my helpers and I, took a little jaunt around the horse pasture, to enjoy the heat and search for wily, wild asparagus.

I love the first warm days of Spring. As if a switch has been flipped, plants and animals shake off their drowsy Winter appearances. Green appears in surprising places and the air is filled bird song and horse hair. This day was no exception. It was a pleasant, but fruitless jaunt. I only located three stalks of Spring asparagus. The tender spears were so enticing, I gave in and ate my plunder before I made it back to my kitchen.