Dandelions elicit strong reactions from both lawn-lovers and gardeners. Strong, negative reactions. If you find yourself in this camp, here’s…
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Foraging
What Can You Make with Crabapples?
I grew up thinking crabapples were poisonous. (I also grew up thinking life was fair and goodness would be rewarded,…
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Sometimes You Just Need Mushrooms
I’m not complaining. We all have our ups and downs, hard times, rough spots, and the past few months have…
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Edible and Ornamental: Food is all around you if you know where to look.
Four or five years ago, when I was working on Backyard Foraging, I visited the Indianapolis Museum of Art with…
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All About Elderberries, aka Sambucus species
Elderberries don’t grow wild where I live in New Mexico. But just a few hundred miles north, in Denver, I…
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Cold Leached Acorns: The Gelatin Method
gelatin leached on the left, jar leached on the right I’ve been acorn-obsessed for the last few weeks, getting ready…
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