from Backwoods Brooms
Month: November 2020
The Wild Grasses of Brooms
Burdock–a weed, a medicine, and a delicacy.
As winter nears, farmers and foragers are starting to dig up roots and tubers. Between potatoes, sweet potatoes, and sunchokes, we are also planting garlic, shallots, and other ornamental bulbs such as tulips and daffodils. One of my favorite wild edibles’ roots are harvested in the Fall, which is Burdock. Nearly all of Burdock’s parts […]
The Witch’s Eggs: Stinkhorn Mushroom
In honor of Halloween, we are going to honor and explore a semi-edible mushroom that is kinda gross and scary looking! One that surely bridges the worlds. In this blog post, we will learn more about the Stinkhorn Mushroom, phallus impudicus and rubicundus, and mutinus elegans. Based on one of Stinkhorn’s scientific names, some find […]