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Rose hips

Rosa multiflora (and garden roses)

Winter vitamin C tea. Tart, good with honey.

Do not plant multiflora. Use what is already a thicket.

Part used
Frost-softened hips. Strain the inner hairs.
Gather
After the first hard frost. Fencerows of multiflora are everywhere — invasive, useful.
Tea
1 Tbsp crushed hips, simmer 10 minutes, strain through cloth. The hairs itch the gut if you skip the cloth.
Other
Jam, same straining rule.
Field plate — how to know it

Recipes

Rose hip tea

After frost, from the fencerow you already hate. Vitamin C and a tart evening cup.