Author: Rachel Berry
Rainy Winter Storms & Wild-Harvesting Opportunity
November 30, 2012
Here in the foothills we are at the start of a rainy winter storm that is expected to last about a week. I usually don’t think about wild-harvesting medicine during the winter rains, but this time of year there is one exception – unsea! Usnea is a lichen (a symbiotic partnership between a fungus and […]
Wild Grape Dolmas
June 4, 2011
Matt was recently out looking for spring mushrooms, and came home with a lovely puff ball and a handful of morels. That same day, I was scouting for the Wild Food & Medicinal Herb CSA, and came home with dozens of beautiful fresh wild grape leaves. It was destiny – I cooked up some wild […]
Early Spring Foraging
April 19, 2011
The snow has thawed and the abundance of spring is beginning to show itself! Today was a glorious sunny day, and Amara and I went out to take a look at what was happening the warmer climate of Penn Valley. Our friend Margo greeted us with a smile and we took a short walk to […]
