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Perennial Protein of Apios americana: Tubers on a String
In high school I owned several books of edible wild plants. This was in my phase of finding a cave in the wilderness and bailing on society. I still have a lot of those Bradford Angier survival and camping books. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apios, edible-landscapes., food, garden, gardening, groundnut, high-protein-tuber, hopniss, seeds, vegetables, wild-foods
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The Thicket Bean Explodes
Before the advent of annual beans, the thicket bean was well known. It was the protein that did not run away. It is a species of perennial bean found throughout the midwest and northeastern U.S. Unlike the thousands of selections … Continue reading
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Tagged Beans, ecology, enrich, enrichment, food, garden, gardening, nature, plants, thicket bean, vegetables
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The Plum That Lives in a Farmer-less Field
There has never been a greater example of a species of fruit that could be grown as a species of fruit without employing the cultivar based system of fruit growing. The above image is one of the first beach plum … Continue reading
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Tagged beach plums, ecology, farmerless fields, forest, fruit, fruit-trees, fruits, healthy fruits, jam, nature, wild plums
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Asparagii of Unknown Origin
It’s not pretty but it’s asparagus. You may not have eaten it when you were a child. Here was this quasi-gelatinous long green alien stalk of unknown origin. “Who would eat this?”, you would ask yourself? If you did dare … Continue reading
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Tagged Asparagus officinalis, dense nutrition, Euell Gibbons, perennial vegetables, very wild asparagus, wild asparagus
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Now That’s A Grape
Its interesting in that grapes are so widely consumed in so many forms, yet if you mention woody agriculture or tree crops, they are not considered in the same life saving way as a tree. Vitis is vine in Latin. … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, grapes, healthy-foods, viticulture, wild-fruits, wild-grapes, wine
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Purpurea
Purple pigments in plants attract attention. Probably the most well known purple plant is the purple leaf Norway maple. It is produced from seed as well as varietal selections with intense purple coloration. You still see it in the nursery … Continue reading
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Tagged American-hazelnut, hazelnut, nut, plants, purpurea
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You and What Sandcherry Empire
Have you ever gone for a hike and discovered some interesting fruit along a trail somewhere? Many people have seen or know this fruit along the shores of the Great Lakes. The trails that wind their way through the dunes … Continue reading
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Tagged cherry, food, fruit, garden, gardening, native, plants, sandcherry, wild
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