Unsurprisingly, many people have never even heard of pit cooking. Getting our food that close to dirt is enough to make anyone uncomfortable, and with the invention of indoor ovens, pit cooking has become widely ignored in our culture. Lately though, there has been a resurgence of similar outdoor cooking trends, including La Caja China…
Book Review by Hannah John Kallas’s Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods from Dirt to Plate is one of my favorite wild edible field guides. I like to think of this book as a primer in foraging because it details how to find, harvest, process and eat over 23 different wild plants. Edible Wild Plants is…
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Cattails are pretty amazing plants! The common marsh, lake, pond and ditch plant is actually a very valuable and multipurpose plant, with technology, food, permaculture and even medicinal uses. → Click here to read Wolf College’s comprehensive Cattail guide, including how to find, identify, harvest, transplant, and cook cattails. Cattails: Top Survival Food At Wolf…
Lorraine Olivas-Romey with Hericlum Abietis – Lion’s Mane Mushrooms[/caption Guest writer Lorraine Olivas-Romey is treasurer of the Snohomish County Mycological Society through which you can join her and other members on mushroom forays and their incredible October Mushroom Show. Wild Edible Mushroom Hunting Foraging for mushrooms has recently become quite popular. Is it due to…
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Those of us living in the Pacific Northwest (and many other regions around the world) are fortunate to be gifted every spring with an abundance of Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica). While it’s sting can be unpleasant, it teaches us to pay attention to our surroundings and I believe that’s a good thing. It also offers…
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A day on the seashore is fun, but a if you know some basic information about seaweeds and shellfish, then a day is never enough. In fact, you could live on the beach always discover new things. “Edge” areas are always the places where the greatest number of species cross paths, and there is no…
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First Plants to Learn No plant is more important than any other, just like no person’s life should be more important than anyone else’s. But all of us who publish books about plants make choices as to which plants to highlight, and which to leave out during the editing process. My choice of plants is…
Wolf Journey Journal Cover Page for Field Exercise # 004 Name of Field Exercise: Appreciating Your Study Site Date & Time of Study Site Visit: 1400, March 1, 2010 Plants, Animals, Minerals Experienced Today: (make up a name / give it a number if unsure) Okay, spring is booming here, like it usually booms on April 1st. Check this…
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