Miner’s Lettuce and Chickweed — wild winter greens

foraging, Plants, wild food

These are extraordinarily common wild and deliciously edible plants that grow here in the winterRead More…

Chanterelles, Bay Nuts, and Nettles: Wild Permaculture Guild?

New video, again shot in early March. I’ve noticed how three of my favorite foragedRead More…

Wild Chanterelle Winter

foraging, mushrooms, wild food

When the weather get cold, and the light dims, and growth slows (aka, winter), apparentlyRead More…

Chanterelle Wandering

Classes, foraging, mushrooms, Plants, wild food

It seems this time of year I don’t make a lot of posts or videos.Read More…

How to Eat Bay Nuts (Umbellularia californica)

ethnobotany, foraging, local food, Plants, wild food

You roast them until dark brown, almost black. Like dark roasted coffee or dark chocolate.Read More…

Acorns leached whole

ethnobotany, foraging, Plants, wild food

John Farais, a chef specializing in Native American cuisine, has discovered a very cool wayRead More…

Help! Acorn harvesters needed

ethnobotany, foraging, Plants, wild food

We in the Bay Area home of the Valley Oak (Lafayette/Walnut Creek area), are inRead More…

Got Acorns?

If all the acorns around you have got your feeling a little squirrely, here’s theRead More…

Food falling from the sky!

foraging, local food, Plants, wild food

It is another masting year for the Valley Oaks (Quercus lobata) here in the BayRead More…