Tag Archives: foraged food

Book Review: The Urban Farm Handbook

Posted on February 22, 2012 by mil a.

Do you wish sometimes that you had enough land to be able to keep bees, goats, rabbits, and chickens and to grow all the vegetables you could eat, without worrying about neighbors’ complaints? Lots of us in this movement wish … Continue reading →

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Who Else Wants to Make Hard Apple Cider?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by mil a.

I was inspired to try to make hard apple cider after I watched a video produced by my friend Brad from Highly Uncivilized. Since it’s apple season, I decided to gather up the apples from my neighborhood and make a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking At Home, Eating For Beginners, Food Revolution, General, Golden Gate Gardening, Hard apple cider, Local Food Eating, Neighborhood Food Eating, Organic Food, Self sustainability, Urban Farming | Tagged cooking at home, eating local food, food revolution, foraged food, making hard apple cider, organic food, urban farming | 2 Comments

Book Review: The City Homesteader

Posted on December 2, 2011 by mil a.

I am fascinated with the current interest in homesteading and all that it entails, and I like to check out new homesteading-related books. The City Homesteader: Self-Sufficiency on Any Square Footage particulary caught my eye. The author, Scott Meyer, worked … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Edible Weeds

Posted on June 20, 2011 by mil a.

This is a riff off my friend Brad’s blogpost “Today’s Lunch, Farmed and Foraged :Good healthy food, and a Gag Reflex reality check” where he describes some edible weeds he lunched on. Because of Brad’s inspiration, thought it would be … Continue reading →

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My Sunday dinner: farmed and foraged!

Posted on May 17, 2011 by mil a.

Sometimes it starts with just one dish… Even if you think that you need a bunch of acreage to grow your own food (an overwhelming thought), start small. Small. Start with herbs, a container of cherry tomatoes, some lettuce. You … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking At Home, Easiest herbs to grow, Eating For Beginners, Farmers Markets, Food Revolution, Growing herbs, Local Food Eating, Making Olives, Neighborhood Food Eating, Organic Food, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Urban Farming | Tagged cooking at home, eating local food, food revolution, foraged food, organic food, organic gardening, urban farming | 2 Comments

Harvest Olives From Your Neighborhood And Make Your Own, Part 2

Posted on February 17, 2011 by mil a.

Yesterday, I test tasted the olives I had made on January 23rd after watching Anthony Rawmodel’s video. I wanted to make sure that my olives were on the right track after hearing stories about other people’s olives going awfully awry … Continue reading →

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Harvest Olives From Your Neighborhood and Make Your Own

Posted on January 28, 2011 by mil a.

If you read my post about how we got our garden, you might remember that I was inspired by Anthony Anderson at rawmodel.com. He has become an internet friend; I’d love to meet him in person some day. In this … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking At Home, General, Local Food Eating, Making Olives, Neighborhood Food Eating, Organic Food, Urban Farming | Tagged cooking at home, eating local food, foraged food, making olives, urban farming | 2 Comments

Consider Growing Superfoods In Your Garden

Posted on January 8, 2011 by mil a.

Are you interested in superfoods, but find their high cost prohibitive? I think people currently consuming superfoods are “early-adopters,” meaning superfoods haven’t hit mainstream yet and are still quite expensive. Here is one solution: grow your own superfoods, a trend … Continue reading →

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Local Food, Wild Food, Foraged Food: Acorns

Posted on November 15, 2010 by mil a.

Last Sunday, we took a class on acorn harvesting and processing. I have always been interested in learning about this wild food that the Native Californians held in high regard. You might be wondering why the heck would I write … Continue reading →