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Posts Tagged ‘Red Clover’

New Zealand forager inspires lawmakers to ban herbicides

Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged , , , , , on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to my Twitter pal and New Zealand-based urban forager @HelenLehndorf for passing this inspiring TV news video along. Follow me on Twitter @UrbanForager. How inspiring is this?!? That’s one way to make “grassroots activism” meaningful!! Her work makes me think of this nonprofit in New Jersey called Common Cause, which advocates for government transparency, [...]

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Red Clover: The Detox Weed

Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged , , , , on June 2, 2010 | 10 Comments »

I bet you’ve seen red clover, Trifolium spp., around wherever you live. It has those big round pinky-purple flowers with three-lobed leaves with white chevron markings on the foliage. Lots of people eat the sweet blossoms as kids, but did you know it’s used by herbalists as a blood purifier because it helps support the [...]

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Sunshine tea: Fun in a heatwave

Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged , , , , , , on July 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »

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 [...]

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