Tag Archives: wild food

Video: Treetop Honey Harvest in Africa (without protection)

Posted on February 21, 2012 by mil a.

Thank you to The Urban Bee Guild for first sharing this video. A father goes up approximately 131 feet (or 40 meters) a tree to gather some honey for his family. In the act, he also nets some prestige for … Continue reading →

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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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Book review: The Urban Homestead by Coyne and Knutzen

Posted on June 2, 2011 by mil a.

Have you noticed a proliferation to urban homesteading and farm to table cookbooks? Happily, the trend of food production on your own turf has caught on. I notice more and more front yards taken over by edibles, and less lawns. … 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 →