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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…
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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…
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Wild Chanterelle Winter
When the weather get cold, and the light dims, and growth slows (aka, winter), apparently so does my blogging and…
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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…
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Acorns leached whole
John Farais, a chef specializing in Native American cuisine, has discovered a very cool way to leach these Valley Oak…
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Help! Acorn harvesters needed
We in the Bay Area home of the Valley Oak (Lafayette/Walnut Creek area), are in a dire situation. We have…
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Got Acorns?
If all the acorns around you have got your feeling a little squirrely, here’s the short, short version of what…
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Food falling from the sky!
It is another masting year for the Valley Oaks (Quercus lobata) here in the Bay Area, CA. They don’t have…