Let me start by saying that Myrica pensylvanica is not a misspelling. (Yes, I’m a bad speller, but I looked…
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Foraging
Queen Anne’s Lace
The queen has hairy legs. Don’t forget that. It’s a key identification factor for Queen Anne’s Lace. Queen Anne’s Lace…
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Wild Blueberries: A Gateway Food
When I teach a foraging class, I like to talk with my students first, to get a feel for how…
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Melilot Blancmange Recipe (with fresh blueberries!)
Whenever I hear the word blancmange I think of the Monty Python sketch where a giant blancmange (from the planet…
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All About Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
When a plant name includes the word “weed,” it’s hard for some people to think of it as anything but…
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Melilot, aka Sweet Clover, aka Melilotus sp.
Don’t be fooled by the common name of this plant. This is not the low-growing clover you find in your…
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