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Sunday I went out to the woods in search of wild chanterelles while Dana was studying. I returned victorious with several pounds that smelled of wild places and changing seasons.

This was the first of many harvests from our curbside tomato beds. We have a zillion golds, which just pop in your mouth when they are warmed by the sun.

We went berry picking last week out at Morning Shade Farm in Canby, OR. We picked a lot of blueberries (now resting in our freezer) and they also had some black currants! We picked about a pound and are going to use some of them to infuse local organic vodka from a new [...]

Our friend Kitt lives in a house with several cherry trees in SE Portland, and wow do they have a lot of cherries right now. We picked for what seemed liked hours last night and didn’t even make a dent. We’ve decided to freeze most of what we took home, but we needed [...]