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Nettle Soup Recipe

http://www.learningherbs.com/ Nettle soup is made using this great nettle soup recipe, consisting of wild foods, edible plants, and of course, nettle! Watch this video on how to make use of nettles in… more »

HerbMentor: Herbal Education

Nature Classes for Kids & Adults (Padilla Bay)

dsimple wrote 3 weeks ago: I received an email notice just now about an edible plants class being taught at Padilla Bay (at the … more »

Tags: activities, Children, educational, Family, kids, Mount Vernon, Nature, Nature Study, Padilla Bay

Weeds for Health: Live from Your Garden! — 1 comment

ownyourhealth wrote 1 month ago: The summer solstice is a wonderful time to harvest nourishment from your garden. I caught up with he … more »

Tags: boosting immunity, Cancer, healing, Herbs, Garden Tea, Grapevine, hydrangea, kudzu, Weeds

Riddle.

lutos wrote 1 month ago: I’m as small as a pea but not as round, I’m greener than an olive when timely found, you … more »

Tags: nature of xios

Stinging Nettle: Edible plants as your herbal vitamin

kldhf524 wrote 1 month ago: http://www.learningherbs.com/ The stinging nettle is an edible plant that can be used as an herbal v … more »

Tags: stinging nettle, nettle, herbal vitamin, how to harvest herbs

NYC Prickly Pear Day? — 2 comments

naturecalendar wrote 1 month ago:   By Erik Baard   In my youthful urbanite naïveté I used to view the idea of a flowering cactus … more »

Tags: Birds, Brooklyn, estuary, Flowers, Gardens, Insects, Invertebrates, New York harbor, Parks

Nettle Soup Recipe

kldhf524 wrote 1 month ago: http://www.learningherbs.com/ Nettle soup is made using this great nettle soup recipe, consisting of … more »

Tags: Wild Foods, nettle, Nettles, nettle soup, nettle soup recipe, nettle recipe

Food Not Lawns: A Suburban Revolution

sabjimata wrote 1 month ago: We never planned on buying a house in a subdivision. Our fist home in North Carolina was on an acre, … more »

Tags: Subdivision, food not lawns, suburban revolution, Organic Gardening, raised bed gardening, ornamental plants, maple trees

Quick Wildflower Break & the Hummingbird Hawk Moth — 15 comments

aullori wrote 2 months ago: Quick like a bunny I wanted to toss up a couple of wildflowers mostly because I was a little stunned … more »

Tags: Pacific Northwest, Photograhy, The Environment, Bumblebee, edible berries, feathery false lily of the valley, hummingbird hawk moth, Hummingbird Moth, local wildflowers

Database of Edible and Useful Plants

solarious wrote 2 months ago: Trying to figure out what to do with that daylily in your front yard? Wonder what it’s good fo … more »

Tags: vegetarian, vegan, gardening, Garden, Database, human, Useful, Cultivate, heirloom

Mom, The Seaweed Truck is Coming! Mom! Mom! — 1 comment

naturecalendar wrote 2 months ago:     By Erik Baard   One one the many torments my “poor, sainted mother” (as she calls … more »

Tags: Fish, estuary, Brooklyn, bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, summer, Crustaceans

Where is NYC's Morel Minority?

naturecalendar wrote 2 months ago: Editor’s note: Tomorrow I will be busy kayaking north from the LIC Community Boathouse to ho … more »

Tags: Parks, Brooklyn, bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, spring, fungi, Flowers

High Tea for Your Cattail Sandwiches

naturecalendar wrote 2 months ago: (Spicebush in Central Park, photo by Heather Sweeney) by Erik Baard   So, yes, I was negligent or … more »

Tags: Parks, Manhattan, spring, Flowers, Recreation, Plants, Wildman Steve Brill, cucumber sandwiches, Foraging

Strawberries, Blueberries, and Cherries, Oh My!

naturecalendar wrote 2 months ago:     Looking for a reason to rush out the door on this gray Saturday? Here are three good, bloomin … more »

Tags: Parks, Brooklyn, bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island, spring, Flowers, Trees, Gardens

Gathering II

timeLESS wrote 3 months ago: So yesterday we took another shot at gathering edible and/or useful plants. The three of us hopped i … more »

Tags: Gamestribe General, Gamestribe, Gathering, rewild

NYC Nature Walks: Clay Pit Ponds — 1 comment

naturecalendar wrote 3 months ago: Editor’s introductory note: When the full website for Nature Calendar launches this summer, we … more »

Tags: Fish, Parks, Staten Island, spring, summer, winter, Fall, Reptiles, Amphibians

Wild Carrots, Wild Man: Perfect Together.

naturecalendar wrote 4 months ago: By Erik Baard This Easter weekend you expect to see an energetic, toothsome creature energetically … more »

Tags: Parks, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, spring, summer, Flowers, Gardens, Plants

In Praise of An Un-Hip Flower

gardenlady wrote 5 months ago: So why are marigolds “out” in this country?  Too common? Too orange? Too easy to grow? … more »

Tags: Life, gardening, health, Vegetables, Companion planting, marigolds, vegetable gardens

Wild Edible Plants Program

sparklestar22 wrote 5 months ago: Check out this video on the Wild Edible Plants Program that is offered at www.earthtracks.ca Produc … more »

Tags: alexis burnett, earth tracks, Nature, wild edible plants