<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for When the season’s first edible weeds poke through, it’s time for gumbo z’herbes]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by PermieWriter http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:42:54 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/1 Seriously green

Great article, thanks. Hopefully the yield of spring greens will make up for the dismal mushroom crop (rains were just too late). Let the hunt begin! I knew I was hanging onto those Willie Bird turkey legs for a reason.

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Great article, thanks. Hopefully the yield of spring greens will make up for the dismal mushroom crop (rains were just too late). Let the hunt begin! I knew I was hanging onto those Willie Bird turkey legs for a reason.

]]> Comment #2 by kmp http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/ Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:50:44 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/2 Still snow on the ground here...

but I know that purslane and wild ramps, garlic chives and spicy greens of all varieties are just around the corner!

Thanks for the recipe - I shall have to try it, in a few weeks when Spring comes marching in.

]]> Still snow on the ground here...

but I know that purslane and wild ramps, garlic chives and spicy greens of all varieties are just around the corner!

Thanks for the recipe - I shall have to try it, in a few weeks when Spring comes marching in.

]]> Comment #3 by mskellyann http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/ Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:51:38 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/3 Wow . . .

We're at least a month away from that here.  But it's nice to dream!  Thanks, Grist!  :)

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We're at least a month away from that here.  But it's nice to dream!  Thanks, Grist!  :)

]]> Comment #4 by mihan http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/ Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:57:41 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/4 Spring?

We're expecting up to 8 inches of snow today... but I'm looking forward to the foraging! Thanks for the beautiful recipe!

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We're expecting up to 8 inches of snow today... but I'm looking forward to the foraging! Thanks for the beautiful recipe!

]]> Comment #5 by farmersdaughter http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/ Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:41:50 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/5 Winter cress and chickweed

Under the snow might be a problem, true, but otherwise, you might be pleasantly surprised by the wild greens that can pop up when the temperatures are still freezing.  Lots of different types of wild mustards, including the aptly named winter cress can be found though the winter as can chickweed.  I've had a carpet of chickweed growing over my raised bed vegetable garden all winter long.  It's tender, delicious and what one of my favorite herbalists Susan Weed calls, a "Wise Woman" herb.  It's good for men, too. :)  

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Under the snow might be a problem, true, but otherwise, you might be pleasantly surprised by the wild greens that can pop up when the temperatures are still freezing.  Lots of different types of wild mustards, including the aptly named winter cress can be found though the winter as can chickweed.  I've had a carpet of chickweed growing over my raised bed vegetable garden all winter long.  It's tender, delicious and what one of my favorite herbalists Susan Weed calls, a "Wise Woman" herb.  It's good for men, too. :)  

]]> Comment #6 by swan http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:38:36 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/6 Eating Wild

Great article! I love the recipe, too. Being an urban nature mystic and loving the wild spring greens that grow here in central Texas I am always on the lookout for safe places to forage. Here's an article I wrote last summer on eating wild: http://goodwordswan.wildflowerstew.com/2008/07/09/eating- ...

I would like to add, though, that one must be very careful. I never pick herbs from the roadside because of herbicide use and contamination from exhaust fumes.

I have been disabled from a herbicide spill so I am also always looking for ways to educate about the dangers of those products and where to find sane alternatives. So I'd say enjoy the wild but be careful where you pick it!

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Great article! I love the recipe, too. Being an urban nature mystic and loving the wild spring greens that grow here in central Texas I am always on the lookout for safe places to forage. Here's an article I wrote last summer on eating wild: http://goodwordswan.wildflowerstew.com/2008/07/09/eating- ...

I would like to add, though, that one must be very careful. I never pick herbs from the roadside because of herbicide use and contamination from exhaust fumes.

I have been disabled from a herbicide spill so I am also always looking for ways to educate about the dangers of those products and where to find sane alternatives. So I'd say enjoy the wild but be careful where you pick it!

]]> Comment #7 by Oemissions http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/ Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:22:02 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/7 wild greens

my favourites are the wild leeks in the sugar bush.
the nettles are up in BC coastal places.
Milkweed shoots are yummy, taste like asparagus.

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my favourites are the wild leeks in the sugar bush.
the nettles are up in BC coastal places.
Milkweed shoots are yummy, taste like asparagus.

]]> Comment #8 by John former Marine http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/ Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:20:05 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/Where-the-Wild-Greens-Are/8 Yellow/Curly Dock not so great.

I'm looking forward to picking dandelions and chickweed soon.  I gave dock a try last spring and wasn't thrilled.  I think I probably picked and processed about 15lbs of it into a saag recipe.  It was ok...but there are a lot better greens out in the woods.

]]> Yellow/Curly Dock not so great.

I'm looking forward to picking dandelions and chickweed soon.  I gave dock a try last spring and wasn't thrilled.  I think I probably picked and processed about 15lbs of it into a saag recipe.  It was ok...but there are a lot better greens out in the woods.

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