Foraging and Remembering
Posted in Classes, foraging, gardening, invasive species, local food, wild food on Jul 6th, 2010
Perused one of my local wild spots yesterday, with an eye out for the surplus. I’m looking for things whose cup overfloweth, if you know what I mean. So at this time, mostly overripe (we got about 1% of the harvest) wild artichokes (Cynara cardunculus) open up into these amazingly beautiful [...]
Posted in Culture, Plants, ethnobotany, foraging, gardening, invasive species, local food, permaculture, wild food on May 23rd, 2010
Cynara cardunculus, or artichoke thistle, is the wild version of the commerical artichoke. But get this, they taste the same, and have delicious hearts, but they are armored with thistle spikes. Considering eating a whole artichoke down the heart is a slow food and fun ordeal already in our culinary traditions, [...]
Posted in Plants, foraging, invasive species, local food, wild food on Dec 12th, 2009
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Posted in Plants, foraging, invasive species, permaculture on Jun 15th, 2009
In the latest episode FeralKevin cooks up a gourmet, slow food, and wild foraged edible. Others call it a weed. It’s the wild artichoke,– a giant, super tenacious plant that grows in the most marginal areas around here. Delicious! You can also subscribe to the podcast (Itunes), [...]
Posted in Elaeagnus, ethnobotany, feralculture, gardening, holistic health, invasive species, local food, permaculture, wild food on Sep 7th, 2008
1. This species of Elaeagnus is NOT invasive in my area. “Invasive” meaning in this case, seeds won’t germinate and grow through natural conditions.
2. There are no objective definitions of “invasive” and “native.” Modern ecology tells us that pretty much all ecosystems are recently evolved aggregates. All species [...]
Posted in Elaeagnus, feralculture, gardening, invasive species, local food, tending the wild, wild food on May 10th, 2008
When I first got to the current garden I manage, I was an early “permie” (like a trekkie to Star Trek so is a permie to permaculture) and wanted to build a food forest — fast. I planted lots of things in a mad rush with the constant mantra in my mind that [...]
