Sweetening the air and our tongues with their alluring aroma & flavor, pawpaw fruits are ripening and falling from the trees. This native American treasure, scientifically called Asimina triloba of the Annonaceae family, is a close cousin of custard apple and guanabana, and shares their divine taste (somewhat like a…….
Read moreCHICKEN MUSHROOM — GLAD TO SEE YOU!
Growing on a dead ash tree trunk about 6 feet from the ground, this chicken mushroom, also called chicken of the woods (cow), scientifically named Laetiporus sulphureus, is a choice edible if you gather it before toughness sets in.
Read moreOH MY — THE WILD SALAD IS POPPING!
OH MY — THE WILD SALAD IS POPPING!
So many tender, flavorful, edible feral friends emerging into the spring sunlight right now. Taking a quick inventory: chickweed (both Stellaria pubera, and S. media), wild lettuce (Lactuca canadensis), purple dead nettle….
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