Incredible Queen Anne’s Lace field in Gresham

Or somebody forgot to mow this field earlier. At any rate, this is the field where I get Queen Anne’s Lace to make jelly. The jelly is the most delicate pink, and smells a bit like grapefruit. It is quite simple to make, and definitely exotic to eat. The first time I made the jelly, I was really hunting for flowers. They were few and far between, and I had a couple of places, including this field, that I scrounged for flowers. It takes about 250 flower heads to make a batch of 5 half pints of jelly. Driving by this field this summer drove me nuts. Not making a batch when the field is so beautiful seems like a failure to me. The field is a solid mat of flowers, and I hardly had to move to get what I needed. The photo is an added bonus, taken with the phone no less.

UPDATE: Aug. 22, 2014

Drove past this field last week and it had been completely mowed. Not a flower in sight. I’m so glad I got there first!!