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Sassafras Bloom, Philadelphia, PA - April 15th 2024

#nature #photographers on tumblr #original photography #sassafras #trees #yellow flowers #spring #Pennsylvania

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Forage Recipes: Magnolia Petal Tea

Those entering spring may have noticed the soft pink magnolia flowers beginning to unfurl, less people known that these flowers are edible in quite a few ways. I was happy to see foragers here break into magnolia flowers for recipes, there is a very long history regarding these flowers in chinese medicines. There are a lot of excellent recipes which are more complex (pickled magnolia being a popular one right now) so I'm giving y'all a very easy tea recipe.

As a kid I used to climb our magnolia tree and take a bite of the petals (only to spit them out because my mom would glare me down). Little did I know that fresh magnolia petals are great salad additions, so I could have eaten them straight from the tree (no thanks to mom).

Anyway...there's quite a few native magnolia species in the United States, I will only recommend you use one of the asian cultivars which I have faith in edibility and consistent flavor, so for this I used Saucer Magnolia - Magnolia x soulangeana.

When you take a petal off a Magnolia they tend to bruise easily and wilt, it's best to take an unopened flower and one which is outside of its winter bud (See above). You can use all parts of the flower minus the hairy bud and stem, I gently washed petals as I pulled them. The unopened buds smell faint but lovely, this flavor will transfer into your tea. Just place in hot water for 10ish minutes and remove petals to drink. The flavor is a light ginger-ginseng taste which I would place in the higher tiers of my wild tea journey. So be mindful of where you grab yours from and happy hunting!

Recipe:

Ingredients: 1 unopened undamaged magnolia flower,

1. Pick apart petals lightly washed and bud removed

2. Place in cup of hot water brew for 10 minutes

3. Remove petals and enjoy

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Manhattan from Hamilton Park, NJ - August 16th 2015

#okay my brother used to live next to this in a dingy apartment for less than 400 a month in 2015 #oh how times have changed #New York City #Manhattan #njlocal #original photography #photographers on tumblr

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Spring at The Woodlands, Philadelphia - April 12th 2024

#uninspired cemetery photography #photographers on tumblr #cemetery #Philadelphia #woodlands #pennsylvania

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Full Solar Eclipse, Cleveland, Ohio - April 8th 2024

#obligatory unoriginal eclipse post from yours truly #wow that was amazing i never experienced totality before #pictures dont even capture how beautiful the weaving plasma spindle coronas of the sun were in person #photographers on tumblr #original photography #solar eclipse #cleveland #ohio

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Bear Meadows #3, Pennsylvania - April 7th 2024

#photographers on tumblr #nature #original photography #meadows #wetlands #ridge and valley #Pennsylvania #spring

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Hemlock Forest, Bear Meadows, PA - April 7th 2024

#photographers on tumblr #nature #this didnt come out as good #pennsylvania #tsuga canadensis #forest

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Flooded Path in Rhododendron Hell, PA - April 7th 2024

#i guess the proper term is laurel hell but it was impossible to get through these rhodies #photographers on tumblr #nature #original photography #forest #Pennsylvania #rhododendron maximum #hiking

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Large Conifers in Bear Meadows, PA - April 7th 2024

#think the first one was eastern hemlock #the second one is eastern white pine #nature #photographers on tumblr #original photography #big trees #forest #Pennsylvania

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Hemlock-Pine Forest, Bear Meadows, PA - April 7th 2024

#nature #photographers on tumblr #original photography #lensblr #tsuga canadensis #pinus strobus #forest #Pennsylvania #ridge and valley #conifer forest #Appalachia #laurels

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Stream through Hemlocks, Bear Meadows, PA - April 7th 2024

#tsuga canadensis #photographers on tumblr #nature #original photography #evergreens #forest #Pennsylvania #spring

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Trail through Rhodies, Pennsylvania - April 7th 2024

#nature #photographers on tumblr #original photography #hiking #rhododendron maximum

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Sinking Creek, Pennsylvania - April 7th 2024

#photographers on tumblr #nature #original photography #wetlands #mountains #pennsylvania

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Bear Meadows #2, Pennsylvania - April 7th 2024

#nature #photographers on tumblr #original photography #lensblr #mountain swamp #pennsylvania #spring #wetland

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Cattails in Bear Meadow, Pennsylvania - April 7th 2024

#nature #photographers on tumblr #original photography #meadow #wetland #Pennsylvania #ridge and valley

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Bear Meadows #1, Pennsylvania - April 7th 2024

#crazy drive getting here but great hemlock forest #photographers on tumblr #nature #original photography #meadow #pennsylvania #spring #ridge and valley

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Forest bright with Spicebush Blooms, NJ - April 6th 2024

#excuse my pale hand I've been inside for 2 months #spicebush #nature #photographers on tumblr #original photography #forest #new jersey #njlocal #nj #spring