Nature's Table

Nature’s TableEdible Wild PlantsSAN LUIS VALLEY AND

ENVIRONS

M’S LA JARA JARDIN 2015

Free is not Impact Freeu An important reminder to all foragers. We can call it "Free Health Care," but

"free" doesn't mean "impact-free" but merely "not for sale" and that the caretaker mindset is the opposite of the consumer mindset.

u "Folks, foraging and consumerism are two different mindsets. If you apply your consumer mindset to foraging you will wipe out the diverse wild food and medicine garden that is your backyard. Being a caretaker as a forager is essential for personal health as well as the health of the landscape. If there is a means to increase biodiversity and mutually beneficial relationships, it is found in ethical and creative foraging. Movements like permaculture and wild food gardens are good starts at reclaiming ancestral understanding of this basic approach. Wild food isn't free. It demands a level of reciprocity. Selfish, short sighted consumer attitudes have given the practice a bad name and have harmed many plant populations. Forage as if the health of your great grandchildren depended upon it. That is all."

u --Mike Douglas, founder of Maine Primitive Skills School

CattailTypha latifoliaSupermarket of the SwampsTextile & survival uses

Cattail Capers

AsparagusAsparagus officinalis

NettlesUrtica dioica

Nettling aroundNettle Pizza with ChantrellesSmoked Gouda & Goat Cheese

Nettle Dumplings in BrodoSlippery Jack mushrooms, Lovage, dried

wild onion, Ginger, Jalapeno, Lemongrass, Nam Pla

Nettle Dumplings: Chopped fresh Nettles, ground Puffballs, Panko and a

farm fresh egg.Garnish: Wild onion, fresh Nettle leaves

(pouring the hot broth over 'cooked' the Nettles enough), grated carrot and

ginger.

Nettle-kopita

Nettle Tortellini in Brodo-Nettle & goat cheese filled tortellini in nettle broth

DandelionTaraxacum officinale

Dandy things with Dandelions

MilkweedAsclepias syriacaAsclepias speciosa

Must be blanched Medicinal ‘latex’

Messin’ with Milkweeds

The ChenosChenopodiaceae

Chenopodium murale

Chenopodium berlanderiChenopodium album

Salsola tragus

Kochia scoparia

Chenos!

Tumblweed shoots. Steamed well, dressed in sesame and Rhustrilobata berries

Cheno Dolmathes with purslane, French sorrel, ground goat meat and Arborio rice. A nice garden

salad and tzadiki with Rhus trilobata berries Cheno Chips with Grilled Oyster Shroom

Pesto, of course

Quelites pasta dough

Red Root AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus

Stir fry over Jasmine rice: Milkweed buds & shoots, asparagus tips, carrots,

yucca petals, Indian Paintbrush flowers, mustard greens in

ginger/garlic infused coconut oil.Amaranth & Pumpkin Seed Pakoras

with Nettle Yogurt sauce

Amaranth and Porcini Pizza

Yellow DockRumex crispus

Sopa de Osha del Campo with Frizzled Dock

Dock seed bread

Purslane, VerdolagasPortulaca oleracea

Wild (About) SushiBrown rice, chickweed, purslane, amaranth greens, lime/ginger yucca blossoms, chives on a wild mustard seed, radish leaf & wasabi puree. On the side, milkweed buds in Tamari. Dressed with Campanula flowers

Purslane Taquitos Corn tortillas rolled and filled with Purslane,

Jalapenos and fresh goat cheeseWith a side of Purslane Salsa

Passionate about Purslane(and some others)

Purslane & Tomato SaladServed with a fresh garlic

cream dressing

Pickled Purslane Purslane & Garbanzo Salad

Just some more weedsStellaria media

Erodium cicutariumTragopgon dubius

Wild LettuceLatuca virosa

Latuca serriola

Sow ThistleSonchus spp

Thistles, thistlesCirsium spp

Colorado Thistle

Meadow Thistle

Mountain Thistle

Parry’s Thistle

Brassicaceae

Thlaspi arvense

Descurainia sophia

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Sisymgrium altissimum

Lepidium spp

Cardaria draba

Lepidum spp Cardamine hirsuta

Brassica nigra

The Mints

Mentha arvensisPrunella vulgaris

The MallowsMalvaceae, Alcea Family

All members of this familyhave similar medicinal propertiesEdible flowers, leaves & seeds

Hollyhock

Sidalcea neomexicana

CheeseweedMalva neglecta Sphaeralcea coccinea

PlantainPlantago major, minor, lanceolata

Medicinal and EdibleCalled “White Man’s Foot”

Rocky Mountain BeeweedCleome serrulataCaper family

Butter’s Wild Greens

Sonchus Pakoras

Sonchus with miso

More things to do with all them

greens

Triple Mustard Salad Road Trip Salad

Wild OnionAllium geyeriAllium cernuum

YuccaYucca bacata, datil

Squash & Yucca Blossom Soup

Marinated Yucca spears (like artichoke hearts)

Ginger-lime pickled yucca blossoms

Bolete-based miso with ginger-lime pickled

Yucca blossoms

Garlic mashed Yucca root

Just some stuff with Yucca

Heracleum maximum

Osmorhiza occidentalis

Daucus carota

Some from the Carrot Crowd(and some caution to follow)

musineon divaricatum

Cicuta maculata

Conium maculatum

Delphiniumnuttallianum

Poisonous Plants

Zigadenusvenenosus

Actaea rubra

Veratrum tenuipetalum

Pining for Pines (and Spruce)

The Ribes Tribecurrants & gooseberries

Saskatoon, June BerryAmelanchier alnifolia

Thimble BerryRubus parviflorus

The Rube Rubus & Frangapani

Red RaspberryRubus ideaus

StrawberryFragaria vesca

Capulins, not just a little townPrunus virginiana var.

The EldersSambucus spp

Rhus the ruseRhus trilobata

Wild RoseRosa woodsii

Mountain Forays

Epilobium angustifolium Equistum spp

Solidago spp

Primula spp

Psysalis virginiana

Acer spp

Cactus and succulents

Opuntia spp

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Rhodiola rosea

Sedum lanceolatum

Wild Licorice, Hops and Mahonia

Glycyrrhizalepidota

Humulus lupulusMahonia aquifolium,

Mimulus & Mertensia

Mimulus spp

Mertensia spp

Some ‘ShroomsOyster Mushroom, Aspen OysterPleurotus populinus

Bold Boletes

Boletus edulis

Leccinum spp

Boletus barowskiSuillus luteus

Chantrelles & Hawks WingsCantharellus cibarius

Hydnum imbricatum

Puffballs and Horse shrooms

Lycoperdonpyriforme

Calvatia gigantea

Agaricus arvensis

Mushroom ident tricks

Special Thanks to:Butter Wilde at http://hungerandthirstforlife.blogspot.com/

Erica Marcinec at http://wildfoodgirl.com/Karen Stephenson at http://www.ediblewildfood.com/

Pascal Bauder at http://www.urbanoutdoorskills.com/Karen Raczewski Monger at http://the3foragers.blogspot.com/

Holly Drake at http:/wildblessings.com

& Nitschka Ter-Kuile & DaisyRabbit Hole Ranch