foraging Plants wild food
Cleaving Cleavers
Cleavers, beastraw, Galium spp. are edible plants in the madder or coffee family. (Noni is also in this family and…
Category: foraging
foraging Plants wild food
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…
Animals ecodreaming foraging mushrooms Plants tending the wild wild food
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…
foraging Plants
Poison Hemlock Video
I made this video real quick when I was out foraging for chanterelles, miner’s lettuce, cleavers, and other wild edibles.
foraging mushrooms wild food
Wild Chanterelle Winter
When the weather get cold, and the light dims, and growth slows (aka, winter), apparently so does my blogging and…
foraging mushrooms
Mushroom Identification for Beginners
On Saturday, I am teaching a class on Mushroom ID for newbies. (location listed with map below) If you are…
foraging gardening local food Plants
Edible Urban Container Garden Balcony Green Superfood Smoothie
One of the big things I try to teach my students and coach my clients on, is the importance of…
ethnobotany foraging local food Plants wild food
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…