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WFG on Mushroom Hour podcast

March 6, 2021 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Hi folks, I just wanted to share this interview I did with Darren at Welcome to Mushroom Hour. It is one of my favorite podcasts and I am extremely honored to be a part of it. We talked about foraging, plants, mushrooms, my book project, and more. I hope you enjoy it!  … [Read more...]

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The delicious ‘wild wonderberry’

October 1, 2019 Erica M. Davis 26 Comments

I am just back from the Midwest Wild Harvest Festival, where a big bowl of black nightshade berries (Solanum nigrum complex) dressed the banquet table at Friday’s annual wild potluck. Foragers there are well-versed in the edibility of these diminutive wild treats, which are in … [Read more...]

edible, fall, featured, plants, useful info black nightshade, Colorado, Solanum, sunberry, wild food, wonderberry

Eating nodding thistle stalks

June 17, 2019 Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

On Saturday I stopped by my sister-in-law’s house, where I was persuaded to help weed her hillside of invasive nodding thistles (Carduus nutans). I didn’t mind because several days of rain have left the ground soft with moisture, and nodding thistle happens to be a good wild … [Read more...]

edible, featured, invasive, non-native, plants, summer, useful info

Japanese knotweed season

April 9, 2019 Erica M. Davis 5 Comments

I’m breaking my fast this morning with stewed Japanese knotweed and peaches over Greek yogurt, topped with homemade granola. It’s a surprisingly nice combination—and beyond that, it’s very simple to make. I used last year’s harvest—which I had chopped and stewed with sugar and … [Read more...]

April, edible, featured, invasive, May, medicinal, non-native, plants, spring

Best dandelion soup ever

March 13, 2019 Erica M. Davis 7 Comments

Two years ago I was harvesting great quantities of dandelions greens from my back yard—which is located at 10,000 feet in Colorado’s high country—on April 7. Last year, we pushed our harvest back more than a month to May 22, when finally, after a wet rainy spell, the leaves … [Read more...]

April, edible, featured, high altitude, non-native, recipes, spring

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