Ann Loves Plants

Tag: berries

  • More Plant Adventures along the Columbia River

    Just about this time last week I was having a bit of a personal meltdown so I dashed out to the Columbia River Gorge to grab a burger and a piece of marionberry pie for dinner. The plan worked. To say that the spontaneous retreat refreshed me is an understatement. It recharged me and then…

  • Cloudberries and a Kabocha Squash

    Reproduction of a painting by the Swedish botanist C. A. M. Lindman taken from Bilder ur Nordens Flora (first edition published 1901–1905). Recently a Finnish friend of mine asked me to pickup some Cloudberry Preserves for him from a local import store we have here in the Portland Metro area (Scandia Imports). Since he travels…