Cedar Writes

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  • Wild, Safe, non-Organic Greens

    Wild, Safe, non-Organic Greens

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    Cedar Sanderson
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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…

  • Wildcrafting: Early Spring Greens

    Wildcrafting: Early Spring Greens

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    I don’t know about you, but after a long few months of winter blahs, the first bright greens of spring are a welcome sight. Being able to eat them is just the cherry on top of this particular salad. You can’t, of course, eat every green thing in sight, but you might be surprised what…

  • Walking in the Woods

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    cedarlili
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    Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) is one of the first berries to ripen, in mid June, because it is one of the first to bloom. Distantly related to apples and roses, the Serviceberry trees look like puffy white clouds as you drive down the road in early May. I have several here on the Farm, and I…