Foraging, Food, and Natural Health
Posted in ethnobotany, foraging, gardening, holistic health, local food, Plants, recipes, wild food on Mar 25th, 2013
Into a large vitamix blender I added: – a whole lot of fresh garden cilantro with juicy stalks – about 5 or 6 whole chard leaves fresh the garden, green, ruby, and yellow – about 5 or so dark green dino kale leaves – a whole head of an heirloom lettuce from the garden – [...]
Share on FacebookPosted in ethnobotany, foraging, gardening, holistic health, local food, Plants, recipes on Mar 22nd, 2013
If I had to name this recipe it would be “spring cilantro mango”. Or what about “cilantro mango tango”? In a large vitamix blender I put: – Fresh picked cilantro — leaves, stalks and several fresh “tips”, where it’s light green and juicy (where the plant is starting to send up its flowering stalk). [...]
Share on FacebookPosted in foraging, local food, Plants, wild food on Dec 3rd, 2012
Posted in foraging, local food, Plants, wild food on Nov 20th, 2012
The long awaited E-book, Crash Course in Wild Mushroom Foraging , is now available for download! Applicable to most of North America if not beyond, this guide is designed to be for the beginning mushroom forager — the guide I wish I would have had when I first started to learn about wild mushrooms. 64 [...]
Share on FacebookPosted in foraging, invasive species, permaculture, Plants, tending the wild, wild food on Apr 25th, 2011
Finally made a new video. Thistles, anyone? Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
Share on FacebookPosted in foraging, invasive species, Plants, wild food on Apr 13th, 2011
The hills are green, and the thistles are bursting out. Not too long ago, I was walking barefoot on the young winter grass and eating baby thistle sprouts. In a few short winter months, those same sprouts have turned into formidable plants, 2-4 feet high covered with sharp prickles (thorns, spines). They have sent up [...]
Share on FacebookPosted in Culture, ecodreaming, feralculture on Nov 1st, 2010
One of the walkers in one of my wild food classes, Anthony Stimola, is working on his thesis concerning Urban Survivalism in the face of threats such as peak oil. I told him I would be glad to give some input, and when I started writing an email to him, this article came forth [...]
Share on FacebookThis year the mighty Valley Oaks, (Quercus lobata), are taking a rest from acorn production. Last year we had a bumper crop, or a masting, where it’s acorn foraging heaven. This year virtually zero acorns are being produced. I’ve found acorns on only a few trees, and most of them are full of worms (weevil [...]
Share on FacebookPosted 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 flowers. They are covered [...]
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