It's really cold and it might snow a little today. However, I'm still on the hunt for wintergreen berries so I went back to the same conservation area today but from the other entrance. No wintergreen berries but I found another red berry that looked very much like an alpine cranberry, aka lingonberry. But it was powdery inside, and I couldn't figure it out. Was it just that there had been a frost? Why was it so weird?
What did we ever do before we had smart phones? I spent a little time right there in the woods looking it up and discovered that I did not have lingonberry but bearberry, aka Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. Not inedible, but not tasty, and certainly not a lingonberry. Drat.
I came home and canned that chicken stock I made last week. 4 quart jars and 1 pint jar.
What did we ever do before we had smart phones? I spent a little time right there in the woods looking it up and discovered that I did not have lingonberry but bearberry, aka Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. Not inedible, but not tasty, and certainly not a lingonberry. Drat.
I came home and canned that chicken stock I made last week. 4 quart jars and 1 pint jar.
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