Originally posted on EarthSky: https://earthsky.org/human-world/poison-mushrooms-how-to-tell/ There’s no simple way to tell if a wild mushroom is a poison mushroom. To know for sure, you have to identify it and learn about it. Many mushrooms are not poisonous and some are edible. The number of edible species varies by location. For instance, the Alabama Mushroom Society […]
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Poison Mushrooms: How To Tell
Making a Salve for Winter Skin with Wild Edibles
As we move deeper into the cold of winter and our hands closer to a source of heat, we might start noticing patches of dry, scaly skin developing. As someone who works with their hands and is prone to eczema and for the first time discovered how allergic they are to poison ivy, I’ve been […]
An Invasive Wild Edible Winter Rose
Multiflora is often the bane of a farmer’s existence, and a lovely hiking companion for walkers. Its flowers of 5 white heart shaped petals create gorgeous white-pink blankets throughout the forest, and also have the capacity to spread throughout fields and edges of growing spaces. Multiflora is a part of the rose family, much like […]
A Fall Comeback: Chickweed
Over the last month, I’ve noticed a plant friend from early Spring starting to emerge from their summer slumber. Chickweed, or stellaria media, is a cooler weather wild edible. It grows prolifically and spreads, though can be pulled easily from the roots. As many wild edibles, it is considered a weed to those who care […]
The Wild Grasses of Brooms
from Backwoods 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 […]
Fall Berries: Autumn Olive
Here we are again with another wild edibles blog post! Berries seem to emerge as the theme beyond the summertime. Though I considered writing about Stinkhorn Mushrooms in the spirit of Halloween and changing it up, Autumn Olives are calling out. Autumn Olives look like bountiful, bunches of small red grapes that hang heavy on […]
Spicebush Identification and Appreciation
As the cool air moves into October and the summer nights are fading into the campfire warmth, the flavors are starting to change. Autumn is associated with the warm spices of cinnamon, ginger, clove, nutmeg, and allspice. Hot apple cider, pumpkin pie, squashes and pumpkins. There is another Autumn staple in this part of the […]
The Foraged Berries Series: How to Identify and Harvest Wineberries
This year, there is particular comfort in the markings of the seasons that have stayed the same. June (and July!) is told by berries–mulberries, juneberries, wineberries, strawberries, blueberries. When you know how to look, you can see the abundance everywhere in Maryland– the city, suburbs, and countryside. In our second blog post of this series, […]
The Foraged Berries of June Series: How to Identify and Harvest Mulberries
The Foraged Berries of June Series: How to Identify and Harvest Mulberries This year, there is particular comfort in the markings of the seasons that have stayed the same. June is told by berries–mulberries, juneberries, wineberries, strawberries, blueberries. When you know how to look, you can see the abundance everywhere in Maryland– the city, suburbs, […]