Foraged Rosehips & Easy Rosehip Jelly

Rosehips on a wild Briar Rose bramble.

It is that time of year again -- when the temperatures begin to drop & the air gets a bit blustery; time for pumpkins & apple picking. Time to start thinking about ROSES. Not the lush blooms of Summer, no!
​Now is the time to think about ROSEHIPS.
​Now, in fact, is the perfect time to harvest them, as they typically best after first frost.

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Rosehips, for those not familiar with them, are the fruit of the rose plant. Packed with Vitamin C & nutrients, rosehips are valuable commodities. Press them for oil to nourish & brighten the skin. Dry them for tea used traditionally to support the immune system, ease arthritis pain,  & provide antioxidants. Or, use them is to make jams, jellies, syrups, & cordials, & reap all their benefits at once! I have very fond memories from my childhood in Montana of going up into the mountains to gather rose hips with my mother, aunts, & grandfather. I also have very fond memories of the jellies & jams made afterward with the haul!

Forage rosehips from only those plants that you are certain were not treated with pesticides.

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