LIVING OFF THE LAND -- Is it possible in the city? Billy Nickel, 53, is a professional electrician who has also spent hundreds of hours in the last 15 years studying ethno-botany, and related survival skills. In the early spring of 2010, he was between jobs and living...
ENJOY THE DELICIOUS NETTLE — an excellent Survival Food!
NETTLE: An excellent food, medicine, and fibre source Often during this time of the year, I get an allergic reaction when I’ve been under and around the trees that produces lots of pollen and cottony-fluff, like willows, and cottonwoods, and cattail, and oak. I’ve tried numerous remedies over...
SEASONAL FORAGING: Autumn session. Wild Food and Useful Plants by the Season
Saturday, September 27, 10 a.m. WILD FOOD AND USEFUL PLANTS BY THE SEASON This series of workshops, one per season, will show you nature through the seasons, from a forager’s perspective. The essence of this class is to develop seasonal knowledge and observational skills: How to look, where to...