Fireweed is everywhere in Alaska, mostly around young forests, in meadows, and on the tree line. I never realized what it was until Saturday, when I learned about edible plants in Alaska at a church activity (there are so many!). So of course, I get all adventurous and Marshall and I go out after lunch on Sunday to pick fireweed out by the Cushman shooting range. I am lucky to be married to a guy who enjoys picking wildflowers and berries, because it is so tedious. It was nice to be out in the sunshine, but after an hour of fighting mosquitos, I was done. It was a good thing we didn't stop any earlier because we had just enough flowers for our fireweed jelly!! Fireweed Jelly has such a gorgeous, hot pink color that is totally natural, yet looks so artificial :) On Monday night I took the paper sacks of blossoms out of the fridge and spent the next two hours taking off the small stems from the flowers. I am not sure how ...