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Are daylilies edible? Learn how to identify and harvest daylilies!

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Wild edible plants: Foraging in the Okanagan

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Edible flowers: A guide to popular blooms

Eat Edible flowers Forage Forage garden Recipes

Sunshine in a Jar! Dandelion jelly recipe

Eat Edible flowers Forage Forage garden Recipes

Edible summer flowers: Daylily fritters recipe (beer batter)

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How to make lilac syrup from fresh lilac blossoms

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Day trips (Okanagan, British Columbia) Travel

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Eat Edible flowers Forage Recipes

Sweeten your day with homemade rose jam

Drink Edible flowers Recipes

Quick & Easy lilac lemonade recipe for spring

Eat Reviews

Honest Chefs Plate review: Worth $2.99 a meal?

Hiking Travel

Day hiking gear list (& my favorite gear!)

Forage Forage garden

What is a forage garden? Creating a garden that feeds you

Berries & Fruits Forage Forage garden

10 Haskap berry benefits and 2 delicious recipes

Drink Recipes

How to make a fresh haskap berry lemonade

Hiking Travel

Hiking 101: A beginner’s guide to enjoying the trail

Forage Wild Foods & medicines

A beginners guide to foraging: What you need to know

Eat Reviews

Honest Hello Fresh review: Is it actually worth the price?

Hey there!

I’m Elke. Welcome to my blog.

I am so glad you’re here.

I’m the voice behind these articles, an elementary teacher and a digital creator.

When not teaching or writing, though, you’ll likely find me out in nature… Or in the kitchen cooking/baking yummy treats.

& This is my space to share those things with you.

A lot of what I’ll write about is foraging and travel. And, while I’d prefer to be on the road or in the bush 100% of the time, unfortunately, life gets busy! So, when I don’t have time for foraging, I’ll share recipes that highlight delicious local flavors or that come right from the garden.

I’m all about cooking and baking with “unique” ingredients – Things like daylily salad, rose jam, or dahlia bloom syrup. And yes, I promise, all of those flowers are edible! Check out my recipes section to learn how I incorporate local and wildcrafted foods into my cooking.

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Get to know me

Head to my Meet the Blogger page to read more about me, my story, and how this website came to be.

I’ve also got an education blog called Crosson’s Classroom, where I share teaching tips/resources & student advice.

And go check out my IG – Dahlias and Day Trips!