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… Read More Wild, Safe, non-Organic Greens
I repeat, the bees are fine. Of course, before I get too much further, let me define bee in this context. So, these are a few of the bees I’ve photographed over the years. As you may be able to tell, I’m rather fond of the genus order Hymenoptera overall (see my Wasp Apologia for the… Read More Bees are not in Danger
We live in a time when the concept of famine is distant. It happens to someone else, far away, and we collect pennies at school to help the poor starving children we can’t quite identify with. I am an American, and my culture is one of plenty. The cornucopia of what is available to me… Read More Persistent Food Myths
I was standing in the kitchen processing meat in bulk, and mulling over shopping, the budget, and how we eat. I find something very satisfying in preparing food for my family, whether it is butchering down a big cut of cheap meat into meal-sized portions, which saves us on the food bill, or making a… Read More Guilt is not the Special Sauce