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Common chickweed · Culinary herb · Firethorn · Grape · Nettle · Pecan
📍 1020 Grove Blvd
🗓 Season: September · October · November · August
🔍 When is it ripe?
Firethorn: Dense clusters of orange or red berries. Edible but very seedy and mealy; best cooked into jelly. Ripe when fully coloured. Shrub has sharp spines — wear gloves.
Grape: Berries fully coloured and slightly soft. Stem where it joins the bunch turns woody and brown. Seeds easily visible inside. Sweet throughout when fully ripe — taste from different parts of the cluster as they ripen unevenly. Grapes do not continue ripening after harvest.
Pecan: The green husk splits into four sections and turns brown when ripe. Shake branches or wait for fall. Cure in a cool, dry place for 2–3 weeks. Kernels should be full and not shrivelled.
The field behind the ACC Riverside campus and on into Roy Guerrero Park is teeming with yarrow, beebalm, wild grapes, nettles and wild onions, depending on the season. Even Brazilwood [Condalia] berries!! I'm sure there's more to discover. This area is still fairly "untouched," there is little car traffic.
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