berry Archives · Leighton Photography & Imaging

Saskatoons! One of the Best and Tastiest Wild Mountain Berries!

November 14, 2016
Rich Leighton
No Comments
Alberta, Foraging, Montana, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography

WARNING! ALL DELICIOUS, RIPE BERRIES WERE DEFINITELY HARMED AND EATEN AFTER PHOTOGRAPHING THESE IMAGES Saskatoons, also known as western serviceberries are apple-like fruits (or “pomes” in botanical terms) that look very similar to salal berries and are one of my favorite foraged berries in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountains. Distantly related to apples, they taste like

The Pacific Northwest’s Humble & Edible Salmonberry – Including Recipes!

June 22, 2014
Rich Leighton
2 Comments
Food, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Washington

Today’s post is brought to you by my stomach. Since I moved to the Pacific Northwest three years ago, I’ve sorely missed my well-developed knowledge and skills of natural foraging any time I was out in the woods or Everglades of my native Florida. In the past three years, I’ve learned quite a bit (and it is