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Photo Collage - Dandelion
The humble dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is a naturalized invader from Europe that is found all over North America and Canada in hayfields, pastures, lawns, parks, empty lots and other disturbed...
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Photo Collage - Flowers of Edibles, Edible Flowers
Color! That was my first thought when I saw this photo collage that Robert put together. Then I remarked that that was a lot of photos, and told me there were even more that he had not included. These...
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Wild Ginger Identified
There are some wild edibles that we read about long before we find them. We have an ever-changing wishlist of plants we want to find, photograph, and taste in different stages of growth and in...
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Kids and Wild Food Foraging
Yummy Wild Carrots!Gnawing on knotweedGillian tasting maple sapGiven the opportunity, kids love to be out in the woods or in a field, searching for bugs and sticks, flowers and rocks. Showing them that...
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Photo Collage - Black Locust
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is native to the Appalachian Mountain area, and is considered an invasive tree in other places. It grows quickly, and often in clusters, crowding out native...
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Dandelion Festival 2012
Earlier this month, we packed up and headed off for the weekend to Dover, Ohio and the 19th Annual Dandelion Festival that is held at Breitenbach Winery. We had never traveled to Ohio, and the scenery...
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Fungi and Slime Molds
When we go out with the Connecticut Valley Mycological Society (CVMS), we are looking for all mushrooms and fungi, not just the edible mushrooms. Often several slime molds are collected and identified...
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Sweet Cicely Identified
We have been seeking out sweet cicely (Osmorhiza longistylis) in Connecticut for a couple years, but it was not until Wildman Steve Brill physically showed it to us one day last autumn that we...
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Microfungi and Slime Molds
The macro world is truly fascinating. Robert is teaching himself how to photograph smaller and smaller specimens, taking them home and carefully controlling the environment and light to try to get...
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Mulberry Recipe - Mulberry Jam
Mid June brings us mulberries in two different colors, red and white. Calling them red and white mulberries is a bit misleading, as the red mulberry (Morus rubra) will ripen to red or black, and the...
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Would You, Could You Forage for Profit?
Handful of free, organic, seasonal, and delicious huckleberriesWild food foraging seems to be growing in popularity. Blogs are popping up all over, wild food discussion groups abound on facebook, new...
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Why We Joined the Local Mycological Group
"Can I eat it?" Honeys, puffballs, parasols, chickens, winecaps, and pear-shaped puffballs, all edible.While we have foraged wild edible plants for about 7 years now, our mushroom experiences had been...
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Partridge Berry Identified
These berries were still on the plant in the spring, even as it is getting ready to flower for the seasonOften called partridge berry, squaw berry, or two-eyed berry, Mitchella repens is a common,...
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Daylily Identified
Identifying and eating daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) has been on our plants-to-eat list for a long time. It is a plant with several useful parts and is available through two seasons, so it would take us...
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Daylily Recipe - Bajan Daylily Pie
While on vacation a few years ago in Barbados, we ate some local street food that was being served from a cart near our hotel. Actually, we ate it 3 nights in a row it was so good. Bajan Macaroni Pie...
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Cinnabar Chanterelle Recipe - Chanterelle Corn Chowder
The end of summer is drawing near, but the bounty of the season is all around. The local farm share we receive has been packed with tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers. The orchards are advertising...
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Foraging With Your Kids
Yummy Wild Carrots!Gillian tasting maple sapGiven the opportunity, kids love to be out in the woods or in a field, searching for bugs and sticks, flowers and rocks. Showing them that you can eat some...
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Daylily Recipe - Daylily Root Cake
Digging up the tubers of daylilies (Hemerocallis fulva) can be done in the very early spring when they are just making shoots, or in the late fall after the foliage starts dying back and before the...
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Black Walnut Recipe - Wild Spiced Nocino
Nocino is an Italian liqueur that is made from green, immature walnuts and sweetened with a sugar syrup, and is a traditional autumn after dinner drink. It is relatively easy to make, you just need...
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Boletes
Bolete collection from 2011 Devil's Hopyard Foray with CVMSBefore we joined the Connecticut Valley Mycological Society and became really involved, I will admit I was a little afraid of mushrooms. I...
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