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Japanese knotweed season

April 9, 2019 By Erica M. Davis 3 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...]

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

Seaweeding the Eastern Shoreline

October 10, 2014 By Erica M. Davis 5 Comments

My parents shot me quizzical looks last summer when I announced my plan to gather seaweed in Long Island Sound, off the Connecticut coast. Not only would I collect, but also dry the seaweed at their house so I could take it back to Colorado with me for cooking experiments. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: edible, featured, invasive, medicinal, useful info, Wild Edible Notebook Tagged With: Connecticut, east coast, foraging, irish moss, kelp, Maine, non-native, recipes, rockweed, sea lettuce, seaweed, sugar kelp, Wild Edible Notebook

Florida Herbal Conference Starts February 28

February 10, 2014 By Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

Florida herbalist Emily Ruff grew a love for plants at an early age. Her father was a botanist, and her grandfather an urban farmer. At age 18, she traveled to Guatemala to work with medicinal herbs and to learn the traditions of what she describes, broadly speaking, as “our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: edible, medicinal Tagged With: events, Florida, foraging, herbalism

Practical Herbs by Henriette Kress

October 27, 2013 By Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Plant lovers who like free online info might already know the voice of Henriette Kress, an herbalist and herbal teacher based in Finland who has hosted the multilingual website, Henriette’s Herbal, since 1995. It is one of the oldest—and quite possibly the largest—of the herbal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: edible, medicinal Tagged With: author, Finland, Henriette Kress, herbal healing, herbalist, medicinal plants, medicine, Sweden

Wild Edible Notebook—October release!

October 7, 2013 By Erica M. Davis 3 Comments

The leaves are a'changing and the cool winds have begun to blow. Still, foraging season continues into October, and with it, a new-and-improved Wild Edible Notebook blows into town. October 2013 brings many exciting changes to the Notebook, including a new look-and-feel with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: edible, high altitude, medicinal, useful info, Wild Edible Notebook Tagged With: dandelion, medicinal, rose hips, rosehips

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Rebecca Lerner’s ‘Dandelion Hunter’

John Kallas’ ‘Edible Wild Plants’

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