This is the most awesome post of all pine! LOL! Thank you so much for sharing all of this information with us HH! I went out this morning and harvested a bunch of male cones off some of my plentiful lodgepole pine trees (AKA Pinus contorta). We also have a ton of Ponderosa pine, think I will grab some cones off of that species in the morning. Also, I saw that the yarrow is about ready to harvest. It appears that I have drying and hydrosol creation to do. Can't wait to try a pine pollen smoothie, thank you so much once again!! Upvoted and resteemed!!!
You got after that pollen pretty quick, @generikat! Which is good, because it's all blown away pretty quickly. Pine pollen isn't the most efficient wild food to gather, but it's fun, I think. I would enjoy reading a taste review and maybe you will improve on the gathering or processing. You will probably figure out other ways to use the pollen, too. It's nice to be able to enjoy some of all that fine pollen that's blowing about in the air. And thanks for resteeming!
As soon as I eat some of that pollen I will give you taste review, lol! My horses thought I was bananas as I wandered the fields harvesting cones. One mare kept putting her nose in the bag and then looked at me in grain deprived angst. Love it!
You are most welcome for the resteeming.😊 I think your post is only my third resteem ever, but you seriously deserve it, I so totally enjoy learning new things, and you are such a fountain of knowledge! Hope you are having a fine evening!!!
I don't think the horses appreciate those pollen cones, lol. Grain for them, all the way -- and hay.