Articles tagged:foraging

Posted: Sun Mar 13 10:10 p.m. by Linda Diane Feldt AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Wildcrafting: Good foragers diversify and learn to accept what comes

Wild food is unpredictable. Name a food, there are good times and bad. A bit of odd weather, an invasive stepping in, and the harvest can be decreased or even ruined. Remarkably, it is only in the last 100 years or so that anyone could imagine expecting a certain food ...

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Posted: Wed Apr 28 9:33 a.m. by Art Aisner AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist

The sentencing for an Ypsilanti Township man convicted of shooting into an occupied vehicle near his former home was delayed Monday, officials said. Bruce Lee, 35, was scheduled to be sentenced on convictions for assault and weapons-related felonies stemming from the May 24 shooting in the West Willow neighborhood.

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Posted: Tue Apr 27 11:28 a.m. by Events Admin AnnArbor.com
Posted: Wed Jul 29 2:19 p.m. by Linda Diane Feldt AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Wildcrafting: Capturing wild food: Jewelweed, a fun and silly plant to play with

Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis, is now setting seed pods, and if you have kids you'd like to enjoy wild foraging, this may be the right plant at the right time to get them interested. Because to harvest these edible seeds you have to capture them in your hand as the seed ...

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Posted: Sun Jul 26 4:43 p.m. by Linda Diane Feldt AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Wildcrafting: St. John's Wort Lesser Known Uses

St. John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum, has performed well in double blind placebo controlled studies as a treatment for mild depression. Most of the information and common knowledge about this herb has focused on it's use as another SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor). There is so much more to this herb! ...

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Posted: Fri Jul 24 3 p.m. by Linda Diane Feldt AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Wildcrafting: There is a free lunch — and here is how to find it

Free food and free medicine are just two of the latest reasons people are renewing their interest in wildcrafting and foraging. The ultimate locavore experience, wildcrafting is cheap, easy, and yes, even safe. After more than 25 years of teaching classes about herbs and weeds, I realized the easiest way ...

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Posted: Tue Jul 14 4:21 p.m. by Linda Diane Feldt AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Wildcrafting and Linda Diane Feldt

Go outside. Look down. What sort of plants are growing at your feet? Weeds? Grass? Look up. What are those berries in the trees? Are they dangerous? Are they tasty? Wouldn't you like to know more about what is growing around you, what is edible, what was planted intentionally and ...

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