Cedar Writes

Tag: foraging

  • Wild, Safe, non-Organic Greens

    Wild, Safe, non-Organic Greens

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    So I hang out in several online groups intended to help people learn to identify plants. Some of those are tilted toward identification and determination of edibility. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my time lurking (and occasionally offering an ID) it’s that people ought to be dead, a lot. Misidentification of wild edible…

  • Wildcraft: Waiting on Spring

    Wildcraft: Waiting on Spring

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      Here in Southern Ohio the green things are beginning to burgeon. Trees are blooming, birds are singing… wild things are still thin on the ground if you are hungry, however. The early spring greens I talked about last week are definitely here. Now is the time to start watching for teasel leaves peeping through…

  • Wildcraft: A Practiced Eye

    Wildcraft: A Practiced Eye

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    I wanted to do a series of posts on Wildcrafting, foraging, whatever you want to call it: the art of finding wild edibles and how to safely consume them without harming yourself or the environment. The presentation I gave on it at LTUE was very well received – they were turning people away at the door…

  • Eat This While You Read That: Michael Z Williamson

    Eat This While You Read That: Michael Z Williamson

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    This week’s ETWYRT is a little different. It was, for one thing, a meal that had me doing much more contemplation than usual before I embarked on it. When I asked MadMike for a dish, I knew he was busy and wouldn’t send a recipe, except… he did. And an unspoken challenge. He knows me…