vomit

There are currently two raccoon pelts drying in our bedroom right now, and man, it's pretty damn stinky. I know....it's probably not a good idea to have dead animals hanging out where you sleep. However, there are too many flies in the garage and flying about our house right now, and our bedroom was the only fly free zone. They'll be dry soon, though, and then I get to smoke 'em.

So, yeah...

I am feeling much better today. Two cups of coffee down, chickens running around the yard, freed a grackle from the garden netting, new stem on my bike (which will hopefully make my back hurt less).

Wild food lesson: Day-lilies
Hemerocallis fulva

If this isn't already planted in your yard, you can find this common plant naturalized along roadsides, in ditches, fields, etc. It's not just a great summer bloomer, but also a fantastic year round food source. The young shoots in spring, flower buds, flowers, and tubers are all edible.
Young shoots: Cook and eat like asparagus, or add uncooked to salads.
Flower buds: Cook and eat like small buds like green beans, or when larger cook in fritters.
Flowers: Cook fresh flowers in fritters; Use fresh, withered, or dried flowers to soups as a season.
Tubers: Use tubers dug up early in the year in salads or prepare like corn, older tubers can be eater year round also prepared like corn.

We have a great deal of these in the yard, and we were lucky enough to receive even more from a friend just recently. I'm going to whip up some of the flower buds today for lunch. I love free food. As with all wild plant foods, it's a good idea to make a mental note of where you see these around, so that you will know where to look/dig later in the year.