Foraging Rose Hips (& Ways to Use Them)

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My daughter absolutely loves roses of all kinds, especially fragrant wild roses that we find on our hikes. She’ll “stop and smell the roses” at any opportunity, but before she strikes out again, she always says, “Mama, we have to come back here in the Fall for rose fruits!”

Rose hips, or “rose fruits” as she calls them, are an extra special treat. As with any wild fruit, some taste better than others, and we have all our favorite spots for the sweetest, most flavorful rose hips marked out in our mental map…and each fall we do a tour harvesting for all manner of tasty treats (and remedies). READ FULL ARTICLE HERE