Articles tagged: wildcrafting
food & health: You can eat common milkweed, but should you?
Posted: Jun 13, 2011There are three times in the life cycle of the common milkweed (Ascleoius syriaca) plant when you can eat it. The first, when the tender short shoots are just emerging from the ground. When they ... Read more »
Health: Wild plants are the ultimate in local food - good for us and the environment
Posted: Jun 09, 2011If you eat your dandelions instead of spraying them with poisons, the world is a better place. If you let the “weeds” in your garden grow, they are likely to need less water, less fertilizer ... Read more »
food & health: Try the wild green Lamb's Quarters in salads, soups and stir fry
Posted: Jun 07, 2011Lamb's Quarters is a chalky green plain-looking plant that many people mistake for a weed. Common in disturbed ground, Lamb’s Quarters, Chenopodium album, are often the most valuable green in the garden. Unlike lettuce, Lamb’s ... Read more »
health: 4 ways to make a natural and nontoxic mosquito repellent
Posted: May 29, 2011Catnip (Nepeta spp) is attractive to most cats, but also acts as a natural repellent to mosquitoes. We’ve known for many years that oil made from catnip, called nepetalactone, in well-known research conducted about 10 ... Read more »
food & health: Dame's Rocket is the pretty invasive - and it's edible, too
Posted: May 27, 2011Eat your invasives — it's a great idea for many of the plants we’d like to see less of. Garlic mustard is at the top of the list, but also Autumn Olive, Dame’s Rocket Hesperis ... Read more »
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