Foraging is as local as you can get, and seasonal too!

April 28, 2011

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Flowering second year garlic mustard, not as tasty as first year

Foraging puts a fresh perspective on the terms “spring greens” and “field greens” listed on swanky restaurant menus. Apparently, April and early Spring are prime time to harvest field greens. The reason is this, in a plant’s lifecycle Spring is a time when the growing energy of the plant moves from it’s root system underground, […]

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Foraging – Your lawn is a salad bar

April 20, 2011

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Paul offering up wild ramps. Yum!

I signed up with Suburban Foragers for the 8 month long course in foraging that meets once a month and it was awesome! It really drives home how important it is not to spray our lawns with toxic chemicals. The weeds on your lawn are a salad bar. Rule #1 – Don’t take it all, […]

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