gardening holistic health local food FeralKevin Presents: Stinging Nettle Juice! This is the best drink ever! And it’s the most beautiful green color I have ever seen. Nettles are very…
Elaeagnus ethnobotany feralculture gardening holistic health invasive species local food permaculture wild food Elaeagnus umbellata: inside out berries? 1. This species of Elaeagnus is NOT invasive in my area. “Invasive” meaning in this case, seeds won’t germinate and…
feralculture gardening local food permaculture tending the wild wild food California Bay Laurel (Umbellularia californica) edible leaves The California Bay Laurel is one of my favorite trees. They are beautiful, versatile trees — great for climbing and…
Elaeagnus feralculture gardening invasive species local food tending the wild wild food Elaeagnus umbellata — Autumn olive permaculture plant. Invasive? When I first got to the current garden I manage, I was an early “permie” (like a trekkie to Star…
Elaeagnus feralculture gardening local food permaculture Uncategorized Elaeagnus pungens — Evergreen Elaeagnus permaculture This is an amazing plant that fits right into a permaculture guild. It fixes nitrogen, and does all the awesome…
feralculture gardening local food permaculture tending the wild wild food Salsify — wild permaculture This is one of my favorite plants. Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) is a forager’s wonderplant. All parts are edible (and good!).…
gardening local food permaculture “Greening the Desert” permaculture classic This is one of my favorite videos, it helped inspire me on the permaculture path many years ago.
gardening local food wild food Stalking the wild salsify Nearly one year after my last post, I decided to revisit my blogspot. And not really so coincidentally, last March…
Elaeagnus gardening local food It did rain I didn’t work today in the garden. I spent most of the day making phone calls and keeping up with…