Madeira vine is a weed of biblical proportions. It is also edible and medicinal.
Read MoreWood sorrel is easy to find and to love, with heart-shaped leaves and showy flowers.
Read MoreLearning about Scurvy weed and how to respectfully forage it, can be a way of celebrating the original keepers of the knowledge we use today and to implement native wild foods in our diets.
Read MoreAll hail flatweed, the wonderful edible weed. This plant is easy to recognise and grows in abundance
Read MoreIt is wild fennel time! This wonderful plant provides for greens in springtime, flowers in summer and coming up the fully formed seeds. Easy to identify through the distinctive scent, go get foraging!
Read MoreRobinia flowers are edible, their aroma is divine, and they are all over Temperate Australia right now.
Check your hood as you might be missing out!
It can be argued that it is our obligation to eat mulberries when they are ripe on the tree. It is part of our biological contract. We, urban mammals, eat mulberries and the tree flourishes forevermore.
Go on, do your job, it is the season!
Make sure you know what you're looking at before you eat it. If in doubt, do not eat it.
The way to check on key identification features is through visual clues, but also by using your other senses like smell and touch.
A great way to remember this is through stories, so learn the stories related to the plants, 'cause that will remind you of the features.
The best to forage is your own garden, as there is where you know what is growing and how it is managed. In your garden, you will be able to take your time to learn about plants, how to identify them and expand your knowledge. Following from that you explore your neighbourhood where you will spot trees with overhanging fruits. Learn patterns and start mapping. There are food and medicine everywhere.
Read MoreThere are plants with great stories; there are plants with funny stories; there are plants with old stories and then there is shepherd’s purse, who’s story is best untold.
Read MoreOnce upon a time, they used to say that if you get stung by nettle you should find a dock leaf and rub it on, and the rush would be gone.
Is it true? Or is it just folk lore?
Read MoreDid you know that you can eat seaweeds? The one down at the beach?
Meet golden kelp, the edible seaweed.
How to tell a dandelion and a sowthistle apart? Eat them both!
Sowthistle is an amazing ad celebrated plant food all over the world, including Australia.
One of the most celebrated medicine in the world is in your backyard. Here’s how to identify it.
Read MoreThere is an amazing little plant growing in your yard right now, as the weather cools down.
It is called chickweed. You can eat it.
HOW-TO identify dandelions in your yard and…let me share a few recipes on how to take advantage of this treat>>
Read MoreMallow. Absolutely everywhere. This tough plant survives serious neglect and makes it the perfect edible weed. Stuck at home in isolation? Get to know your garden>
Read MoreStuck at home in Corona Lockdown? Great, let’s get familiar with the edible weeds in the garden, shall we?
Food is everywhere>>
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Thank you, Kate.
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