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Category: Foraging

Posted on November 2, 2020November 19, 2020

Herbal update

Cleavers (Galium aparine)

I've been busy photographing herbs and adding some new ones to our pages. Cleavers, Watercress and Brahmi are now covered!

Posted on October 13, 2020November 19, 2020

Mulyawonks and shifting baselines

A poor afternoon's fishing leads to quiet contemplation of our future.

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020

Pretty soon – seaweed!

Over the last year, I've been interested in adding seaweed to our diet. This Winter, we've started to add foraged pieces of these edible algae to to to meals and nibbled on them raw as tasty snacks (there's little more refreshing than nibbling in some Sea Lettuce while strolling on the beach). Sea Lettuce In …

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Posted on June 2, 2020June 2, 2020

Cooking the Saffies with warming herbs

Cooking us some wild forages Saffron Milk Caps.

Posted on May 20, 2020June 1, 2020

Mushrooms and Choughs

An amazing morning in the forest. I got mushrooms and learned a little too.

Posted on February 24, 2020March 27, 2020

Port Parham Bush foods talk

Yesterday (Sunday February 23rd), yours truly visited the Port Parham Sports & Social Club to give a little talk on bushfoods. I'd been to Port Parham a few times before and passed the social club building each time but never stayed. I'd always been on the search for coastal bushfoods. A hall full of people, …

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Posted on October 7, 2019November 16, 2019

Last week in Ligaya Garden #8 and #9

A double edition because I got too carried away with other stuff. Food Underfoot 2019 (Gawler's premiere weed walk) was a huge success with 3 attendees. We were given some solar gear to improve our setup, Lots of new shelving and a book purge completed the weeks.

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