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Don’t forget the tumblemustard

April 22, 2015 By Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

If you’re looking to make use of local wild greens, why not give tumblemustard a try? Tumblemustard (Sisymbrium altissimum)—a non-native species from the Middle East thought to have been introduced to North America years ago via contaminated crop seed—is found throughout much of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: April, edible, featured, high altitude, non-native, spring, useful info Tagged With: foraging, mustard, plains, Rocky Mountains, tumble mustard, tumblemustard

Wild Greens & Potato Pie with Kochia

May 24, 2014 By Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

I’m having wild greens and potato pie for breakfast again, as I have for the last two mornings. You wouldn’t think greens mixed into mashed potatoes in a pie crust would be all that exciting, but I am definitely smitten. The inspiration came from Ellen Zachos’ book, Backyard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: edible, invasive, May Tagged With: Colorado, Denver, foraging, hoary cress, kochi, mustard, non-native, recipes, Rocky Mountains, tumblemustard, whitetop

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Spring foraging

Elm samaras are edible, gourmet

Spring into wintercress

Fun with wild waterleaf

Don’t forget the tumblemustard

Wild spring salad

Orache is a wild favorite

Cattail heart & tomato salads

Whitetop mustard bud clusters

Spring plant tour: Frisco, Colorado

Book reviews

Samuel Thayer’s ‘Incredible Wild Edibles’

Hank Shaw’s ‘Buck, Buck, Moose’

Katrina Blair’s ‘Wild Wisdom of Weeds’

Thomas Elpel’s ‘Foraging the Mountain West’

Dina Falconi’s ‘Foraging & Feasting’

Ellen Zachos’ ‘Backyard Foraging’

Rebecca Lerner’s ‘Dandelion Hunter’

John Kallas’ ‘Edible Wild Plants’

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