Shefa Abundance:BroodX2021 Cicadas
The Cicadas are here. Known as Magicicadas, the 17 year brood has emerged in full force in innumerable hordes! At first there were only...
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adam ganson
- May 21, 2021
- 2 min
Mullein: Medicinal Wild Herb to Smoke or Drink
Verbascum Thapsus or Common Mullein is a cosmopolitan plant species that originated in Asia and spread throughout the entire world. This...
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adam ganson
- May 10, 2021
- 3 min
Mushroom Cultivation: Face-off with Fungus Gnats
So my harvests have been ruined! Oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no. The culprit is the Fungus Gnat that has been laying eggs on my mushroom...
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adam ganson
- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
Andy's Urban Farm: High Nutrient, Super Local
I am no stranger to Urban Farms. For five years, I ran a nonprofit that promoted urban agriculture and transformed a number of abandoned...
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adam ganson
- Apr 23, 2021
- 4 min
Mushroom Cultivation: Low Tech Microbial Method
I have been interested in fungus for some years and my interest did not necessarily come from an interest in the amazing tastes and...
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adam ganson
- Mar 23, 2021
- 3 min
Wood Sorrels and Garden Nasturtium: My Mother-in-Law's Spring Veggie Patty Recipe
As I arrived in Israel for my 10 day quarantine, I was asking myself the whole way how I would be able to continue with updates to the...
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adam ganson
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
Wild Garlic: So Common, So Delicious
Foraging opportunities present themselves in such unexpected situations. Yesterday, I went to a clinic to get a COVID-19 test for an...
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adam ganson
- Mar 11, 2021
- 3 min
Chanterelle Trumpet Mushrooms: A Choice Wild Edible
The Chanterelle family of mushrooms is one of the choicest wild edible that you can find. This mycorrhizal mushroom is found growing on...
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adam ganson
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
Dandelion salad, fried flowers and root coffee
Ok this one is so common and abundant that you would never think about it, Dandelions! Yep, I'm talking about those yellow flowers that...
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adam ganson
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Morel Season is Around the Corner!
I have to say that these are not my own photos, because I have not been lucky enough to find the elusive, valuable and delicious Morel...
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adam ganson
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Wild Edible: Fungus-Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus Ostreatus)
The oyster mushroom is one of the common and plentiful species of mushroom in woodlands. They appear on dead and fallen logs in woodlands...
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adam ganson
- Feb 28, 2021
- 1 min
Forest Edible: Wild Ginger
For the first feature of the series of wild edibles in this blog Wild Ginger is a worthy first. Wild Ginger is prevalent and easily...
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adam ganson
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
The Ethics of Foraging
Now that we have dealt with the ethical nature of maintaining your own health and wellbeing, we can move to the question of how to...
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adam ganson
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
Safe Foraging: Mitigating Potential Harm
The issue of primary importance when going out for a forage is: IS IT SAFE TO PUT INTO MY BODY. If there may be even a sliver of doubt...
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adam ganson
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
Frozen Waterfalls
Winter in the Forest is so bare and quiet. The naked trees expose every hill and valley of the landspcape. The shadows of trees pattern...
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adam ganson
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min
What is Shefa?
Shefa is a hebrew word (שפע) for abundance from the source of life. Shefa is a mentality of recognizing the wealth in what you have....
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adam ganson
- Feb 17, 2021
- 2 min
Mushroom Paths of the Forest
One recent frigid morning, I brought along my dog and headed out to the Old Growth Forest of Caldwell Nature Preserve in Ohio. I also...
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