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Introducing the Mycelium Collective.
My family is part of the Mycelium Collective, and I am honored to have had the chance to design the website. It is still a work in progress, but check it out at myceliumcollective.org Nate
Upcomming events, and an early spring.
It is now officially spring, but as far as the plants are concerned, it has been spring for a while already. Before we get into that, let me mention some of the up coming events that will make this a … Continue reading
Eastern Agricultural Complex: An Eric Toensmeier Video.
This is a very informative video about Native crops from before Mexican and European crops arrived. These plants have a lot of uses and I forage the wild forms of many of them. With a vulnerable unsustainable food system like … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Mushroom Hunting, Nature, Uncategorized, Videos, Wild Food
Tagged American groundnut, Eric Toensmeier, food production, foraging, forest gardening, gardening, gourds, ground bean, jerusalem artichoke, Native American crops, perennial vegetables, self suficiency, sun flower, wild food
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Enduring Seeds: Native American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation.
Enduring Seeds by Gary Paul Nabhan, University of Arizona Press 2002. I just finished reading this, and had to review it. I got this from the library thinking that I might be able to glean some good information from it. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Gardening
Tagged agriculture, ecology, food, food production, forage gardening, foraging, gardening, Gary Paul Nabhan, gathering seed, hunter gatherer, indigenous culture, native american culture, native seed, nature, organic, outdoors, resiliency, self suficiency, staple foods, sustainable, traditional farming
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Gardening: Cultivating Wisdom.
Gardening: Cultivating Wisdom edited by Dan O’Brien, from the series Philosophy for Everyone edited by Fritz Allhoff, Wiley-Blackwell 2011. So here I am, the wild food proponent, reviewing another gardening book. How did that happen? Well sometimes one thing leads … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Gardening
Tagged ecology, food, food production, gardening, nature
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A minimal forage garden, and garlic sprouting.
I transplanted a staghorn sumac tree and an evening primrose plant into a large pot today. I guess that is about as small a forage garden as one could create. What is a forage garden? I use the term to … Continue reading
Posted in Foraging, Gardening, Nature, Wild Food
Tagged evening primrose, family, food, food production, forage gardening, forest gardening, gardening, garlic, nature, organic, photography, self suficiency, staghorn sumac, sustainable, woods
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The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times.
The Resilient Gardener by Carol Deppe, Chelsea Green Publishing 2010. Why would someone as passionate about wild food as I am choose a gardening book for their first book review? Well, when it comes to The Resilient Gardener, there are … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Gardening
Tagged Carol Deppe, Chelsea Green, ecology, food, food production, gardening, organic, resiliency, resilient gardener, self suficiency, staple foods, sustainable
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