I took a stroll down my street with Greg Monzel, an Indianapolis-based herbalist, during one of Portland’s heat-soaked summer days this week and we gathered up some incredible ingredients, bottled them, and let them cook in a windowsill. Clockwise from left: St. John’s Wort flowers and buds, blackberry leaves, the tops of self-heal flowers, huckleberry [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Eat Weeds’
Sunshine tea: Fun in a heatwave
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged Blackberry, Eat Weeds, huckleberry, Red Clover, self-heal, St. John's Wort, Tea on July 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Wood Sorrel fights colds, bland palettes
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged Eat Weeds, wood sorrel on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wood sorrel is abundant along the edges of path in shady forests right now. You can pick them and drop them into your tea or your cold water bottle and you’ll be rewarded with a lemon-y tang and a kick of Vitamin C, too.
Purslane: Fatty acids for free!
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged Eat Weeds, Purslane on July 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Purslane is one of my favorite weeds. It loves to grow through the cracks in sidewalks and it stays succulent even in the hottest days of summer. It’s rich in iron, vitamins A and C, and believe it or not, omega-3 fatty acids! Purslane has a mild taste of no particular effect, so you can [...]
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