Tag: Foraging
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Welcome Jess
I’d like to take the opportunity to welcome Jess Bamford to our blog! I know Jess wrote an article (Fungus among us) for us a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve been my usual slack self and only just got around to thanking her. Jess knows far more about fungi than anyone else I know…
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A tribute to Soursobs

As summer rapidly approaches, I am reminded that it is time to harvest one of my favorite plants. To most it’s a weed, and a problem one at that. Me, I’ve found a way to make my peace (and dinner) with it. We call them ‘Soursobs’ here in Australia. Oxalis pes-capre to the technically minded. Their…
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Car park salad greens.
Wild mustard and thistles. They will make a good salad starter. I found them next to a carpark in town.
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Gourmet carpark mushrooms.
Mushrooms growing in a carpark close to the centre of town. I’m not sure what kind these are, but remember having eaten them before.
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Rosehips in time for cold and flu season.
Rosehips are around this time of the year, and appropriately, are full of vitamin C.

