Foraging and Remembering
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13th, 2010
Through various errors and oversights, I just discovered that it’s been months since I’ve had access to my comments! Sorry for misunderstandings or missed engagements or lost conversations . . .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 30th, 2009
I need input! What would you like me to do on this blog? Topics? Directions? Humor? More videos? More articles?
More big picture, less how-to? The other way around? Just leave a comment below or use the CONTACT tab above. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2009
Shilajit! Still lovin’ it. I was working with soil microbiology and remediation recently, and I was using humic and fulvic acids. In liquid form. Research suggested that humic acid removes chloramines from the water, something most purifiers and evaporation do not take out. This is bad for [...]
Posted in Plants, Uncategorized, ethnobotany, foraging, gardening, local food, wild food on Oct 24th, 2009
If all the acorns around you have got your feeling a little squirrely, here’s the short, short version of what you can do:
If you have Valley Oak or similar acorns (they are cream colored “white” as opposed to yellow), crack them easily with a nutcracker or a rock against a hard surface. Grind [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 19th, 2009
Right now the answer is staring us in the face. Acorns hitting us on the head!
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2009
I like to change my headers like the seasons change. I’m not the same all year, so don’t I want my site to be either. The current header was taken by Tina Curiel. I look at this picture and still can’t believe I was there and experienced that view, but [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30th, 2009
One of my videos has been chosen to for ABC’s Earth2100!
The title is “What Happens If Water Lines Run Dry?
Droughts in California prompt viewer to predict a future without water. “
You can watch the clip here: http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7683475
or tune in to ABC on Tuesday, June 2nd from 9-11 pm (Eastern/Pacific). My clip will [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 7th, 2008
Every time I played this clip in my editing program, I just zoned out and watched the entire thing. Instantly relaxing. I posted it hoping you might experience the same phenomenon.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 2nd, 2008
This is one of my favorite plants. Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) is a forager’s wonderplant. All parts are edible (and good!). It only becomes too tough when in flower, but the cool thing is the flowers are also edible — and good. Salsify was traditionally grown in Europe as a vegetable but since has fallen [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2008
More feral permaculture in this latest FeralKevin episode. I discovered it was a real pain to get all the ants and aphids out of the artichokes so I started eating them all together. More sustainable that way, less labor, and more nutrition. And to think, that many would spray and poison [...]
