Spring is the time of new beginnings, fresh starts, everything seems to come alive again in spring, everything is green, and it is perfect time to start thinking about plant. Yesterday I got a few wild edibles books from he library and went looking on the hill behind my house for some edibles, I didn’t find anything, but this is a new start. For so long, my support of foraging and producing your own food has been purely theoretical and almost hypocritical, but know I can finally start to explore what is out there.I’ve also started working on a garden in my back yard, nothing big this year, but I hope I can get a few good veggies to supplement my diet at the very least. Right now, half the yard is still grass, but that’s on my list today, and I have got to finish planning where I am going to put everything. This year it’s going to be a pretty ordinary vegetable garden, but this summer I want to learn about the native wild edibles here, and more about permaculture so I can do some really neat stuff next year.
So, this is the start, and I will probably be pretty post heavy this weekend, and I know probably know one is too interested to hear about all this, but I have to keep this record for myself, more or less.
4 Comments
May 13, 2007 at 1:41 am
Identifying wild plants is where it all started for me. It wasn’t until later that I stumbled onto the whole anti-civ gig. Now I’m starting to think in terms of permaculture and gardening as well.
I’d like to recommend the community forum at REWILD.info if you have any questions about plants or other issues related to rewilding (like primitive skills, foraging, tracking, rewilding our language, etc.) or if you just have something you want to share. The folks there are really welcoming. There’s both a forum (conversations) and a wiki field guide.
As far as wild edibles in your yard, dandelions and plantain are a great place to start.
Happy foraging!
May 13, 2007 at 2:11 am
Thank’s Rix, I’ll check out that site, and those posts of yours seem like they have a lot of information.
May 13, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Very awesome! I wonder how many edible plants are around my area…Do they generally supply good nutrients?
May 14, 2007 at 12:05 am
Wild plants generally have very good nutrients, often way better than their domestic counterparts. However, that does not hold true for all cases.