fiddlehead season in New Brunswick
This time of year in New Brunswick, the fields and riversides are turning green. The leaves of the alders are the size of a mouse’s ear and that means fishing in the streams. The small leaves of the red maples are like green stars against a blue sky. And bouquets of fiddlehead ferns are unfolding in the wet meadows and along the shores.
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Fiddleheads, the young coiled leaf fronds of the Ostrich fern (Matteuccia Struthiopteris (L.) Tod.), are a local delicacy in New Brunswick. Steamed, with a pat of butter, they are the perfect vegetable for a spring meal. Fiddleheads are one of the edible wild plants featured in my book ‘within easy reach’ (Chapel Street Editions). I will be launching my book at 7 pm on June 9, 2016 at Westminster Books in Fredericton. If you live in the Fredericton area, I would be so happy to see you there!
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For more information on the fiddlehead, see https://janetims.com/2012/05/19/making-friends-with-the-ferns-2/
Fiddleheads along the Saint John River in the Grand Lake Meadows
nichepoetryandprose 
Wish I could be there for your book launch, Jane. Enjoy your fiddleheads. I don’t know if they have them this far south or not.
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Robin
May 19, 2016 at 12:31 pm
Hi Robin. It’s one disadvantage of making friends on the Blog … they can’t be here to celebrate with you!!!! I know they eat fiddleheads in Maine. The web says Ostrich fern occurs as far south as Connecticut. Jane
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jane tims
May 19, 2016 at 12:45 pm
Just had our first Fiddleheads last week: Spring magic.
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rogermoorepoet
May 18, 2016 at 8:11 am
They have a special taste. We love them, a great treat for a while every spring!
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jane tims
May 18, 2016 at 4:17 pm
Not just a treat: the first local green growth: genuine medicinal magic.
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rogermoorepoet
May 18, 2016 at 4:36 pm