By forestgardens on April 6, 2010. Purslane is one of my top greens and I have planted this low ground self seeding ground cover on a good chunk of my garden. In south america they call it verdolaga and it is a popular comfort food in the form of omelets, rolled in tortillas or dropped by handfuls into soups and stews.

And nothing epitomizes summer like berries. First jewels of salmonberry lighting up the forest, red huckleberry making my lips pucker, the intoxicating smell of ripe strawberries,. Elise Krohn is passionate about her relationship with plants. As an herbalist and native foods specialist she empowers others in gathering and using. There are many incredible resources out there. This is my own list of f.

What happens to those berries? Well, likely as not, they probably end up as jam. 2008 appears not to be a very good year for damsons in some parts of the UK.

Now the world has caught up with wild food cookery, and Marcus who runs Wild.

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