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plant diary
jamie:
decided to keep a journal this year of the various wild foods i eat. not planning on doing an all wild diet at the moment but i seem to eat wild food incorporated into other foods almost daily. today i harvested dandelion greens and roots , garlic mustard, and wild onion. stir fried it and made nori rolls with organic long grain rice. for those who follow this thread figured id let you also know how i feel about shopping, HATE IT. when i do shop however im a pain in the a$$. i truly believe the best way to tell corporations what we want in our food is by how we shop. i look for organic and local. everything i buy needs to come from wiithin a 200 mile radius . theres a few exceptions to that rule (im addicted to avocadoes =). ) my girlfriend also belongs to an organic farm co-op so we spend a lot of time canning food from the goods we recieve there. anyway nori was great. the bitterness of the fresh greens being washed down with some spice bush tea really woke up the wild side in me. not planning on posting everytime i eat a dandelion but as new food comes in through out the season i'll make a post. also made chicken soup tonight with some of the last potatoes and carrots we canned from the farm last year. tomorrows dinner =). like to hear from others too as you experience this growing season. food is medicine, peace, jamie.
M-P:
Hi Jamie, You're much more purist than I about food, but I too prefer local and personally harvested. The local season for miner's lettuce is about to pass. It started growing in my yard a couple of years ago and now I don't have to travel to pick the tastiest ( my opinion) salad green around. I'm lucky enough to have a reasonable sized garden and am busy spading and planting.
Not to hijack this thread, but anyone desiring some heirloom bean seed (Hickman's Pole, or Rev Taylor's colored Lima), send me an email Ron
jamie:
thats like our purslane except ours produces until a killing frost. im gonna have to save some of the heirloom seeds i get this year too. we can all exchange different varieties. one thing i didnt mention is yes im a fanatic about food, however im not afraid to kick back a large meat lovers pizza either. ;D
Outbackbob48:
Jamie, I got my eye on a patch of stinging nettles, can't wait till there ready. Coltsfoot just started bloom here. Still a few patches of snow where piled up, todays warm rains should remove the last of it. ;D ;D ;D Bob
HoBow:
I have a good variety of heirloom seeds that I wouldn't mind to trade for some others. I will put up a list on Wednesday when I get home.
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