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, [...]
These are extraordinarily common wild and deliciously edible plants that grow here in the winter and spring. They are cool season greens that are great for the garden, too! (That is, if you’re not already overrun with them. If this is your problem I suggest juicing). Green smoothie, anyone?
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Posted in foraging, tending the wild on Jun 4th, 2009
As far as Earth 2100, I thought it was going be a longer clip that was used, and I was disappointed with the show. Artistically, I thought it was a confused cop-out, describing the present and calling it the future. But at least it’s trying.
Been way too busy [...]
Posted in Plants on Mar 16th, 2009
Watch me harvest nettles from my balcony container garden and cook them up as creme of nettle soup.
The nettles in this video were planted from seed that I bought from Mountain Rose Herbs.
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Posted in local food, mushrooms, wild food on Mar 1st, 2009
Yesterday, I hiked into the hills to enjoy the bounty of all this rain! Everything was green and glowing with life; the air felt clean. The earth smelled delicious. As we found our way through the fields of grass, miner’s lettuce, and cleavers, we entered the tree canopy. Treading [...]
Posted in ecodreaming, ethnobotany, feralculture, mushrooms, permaculture, tending the wild, wild food on Feb 20th, 2009
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Feraltopia: An Ethnobotanical Park
Feraltopia aims to provide a place for foragers to gather and interact with wild plants and mushrooms. It also serves as a primitive [...]
