foraging Plants wild food Cleaving Cleavers Cleavers, beastraw, Galium spp. are edible plants in the madder or coffee family. (Noni is also in this family and…
foraging Plants wild food Miner’s Lettuce and Chickweed — wild winter greens These are extraordinarily common wild and deliciously edible plants that grow here in the winter and spring. They are cool…
Animals ecodreaming foraging mushrooms Plants tending the wild wild food Chanterelles, Bay Nuts, and Nettles: Wild Permaculture Guild? New video, again shot in early March. I’ve noticed how three of my favorite foraged foods are scarcely (if at…
foraging Plants Poison Hemlock Video I made this video real quick when I was out foraging for chanterelles, miner’s lettuce, cleavers, and other wild edibles.
foraging mushrooms wild food Wild Chanterelle Winter When the weather get cold, and the light dims, and growth slows (aka, winter), apparently so does my blogging and…
Classes foraging mushrooms Plants wild food Chanterelle Wandering It seems this time of year I don’t make a lot of posts or videos. I find myself hunkering down…
foraging mushrooms Mushroom Identification for Beginners On Saturday, I am teaching a class on Mushroom ID for newbies. (location listed with map below) If you are…
foraging gardening local food Plants Edible Urban Container Garden Balcony Green Superfood Smoothie One of the big things I try to teach my students and coach my clients on, is the importance of…
ethnobotany foraging local food Plants wild food How to Eat Bay Nuts (Umbellularia californica) You roast them until dark brown, almost black. Like dark roasted coffee or dark chocolate. They contain caffeine like stimulants…