Learn to Harvest Desert Tree Blossoms for Food

15202 S. 14th Pl.,Phoenix AZ 85048

23 April, 2022

Description

Learn How to Harvest and Prepare Mesquite, Desert Willow, and Paloverde Blossoms We'll meet at my home and walk to a neighbor's yard to harvest yellow paloverde blossoms. We use pool poles to gently nudge the blossoms to fall onto our big tarp on the ground. We'll pick catkins (cylynidrical-shaped clusters of tiny light yellow flowers) from nearby mesquite trees by hand. We'll also harvest some beautiful pink blossoms from another native tree, the Desert Willow. We'll eat the blossoms raw and we'll roast them as a snack. We will dehydrate others for use as tea. We will freeze most of them to use later in the year. We start with each attendee introducing him/herself and then gather in a Gratitude Circle for the earth and plants.nd plants. We'll clean and roast the blossoms and freeze most of them to use later in the year. We'll have a desert food sampling of prickly pear tea, elephant food plant, ironwood beans, paloverde beans, and more. If you need to cancel, please do so 48 hours before the workshop begins to let people from the wait-list attend. The Desert Willow flower resembles an orchid to a certain extent. A tea made from the flowers and leaves has anti-fungal properties.