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Mugwort Flowers: An Aromatic Herb to Add to Winter Vegetables and Slow Comfort Foods
[ad_1] Mugwort flowers amplify and balance the sweet flavors of winter squash, carrots, parsnips, and onion. If you roast fall fruit as a side…
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Fall Gardening: Can You Stop Watering Now? (And 5 Other Burning Questions) – Gardenista
[ad_1] Ah, fall: when cozy sweaters come out, the air crisps up, a kaleidoscope of colorful leaves decorate sidewalks, and it’s a struggle to…
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Invasive Plants to Avoid and the Native Alternatives You Should Grow Instead
[ad_1] We’ve all done it: planted something we love only to learn, sometimes years later, that it is invasive where we live. In many…
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Weed Wisdom: What 10 Common Weeds Are Trying to Tell You – Gardenista
[ad_1] Listen up! Your weeds are trying to tell you something. Like all varieties of plants, individual weeds thrive in particular conditions. Some like…
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Purslane: Is It a Weed or a Delicious Vegetable? (Plus, a Recipe)
[ad_1] Are you growing purslane yet (I mean, deliberately)? Its claims to fame are split, 50-50: invasive weed versus superfood. As the latter, it…
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Mugwort Chips: An Easy Recipe Using the Herb Weed
[ad_1] In the waning days of fall, a weed that happens to be a wild herb is still growing with enough vigor to defy…
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The Best Beginner-Friendly Medicinal Plants to Grow for Tisanes and Teas
[ad_1] Truthfully, I drink no less than five cups of tea a day. I rotate between different blends, depending on the season and my…
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Tama Matsuoka Wong: An Interview with the Forager Extraordinaire
[ad_1] We’ve been writing about Tama Matsuoka Wong for more than a decade—first in 2013 when we joined her for a foraging (and eating)…
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Bermuda Buttercup’s Sour, Bright Flavor Is Great for Cooking
[ad_1] There is one cautionary note about eating Bermuda buttercup, and it is related to quantity. Like some other plants (sorrel, lambs quarter, and…
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Wild Lettuce: A Delicious Foraged Vegetable that Makes an Outstanding Summer Soup
[ad_1] Do you know where the wild lettuce grows? Ask a bunny. In Beatrix Potter’s eponymous tale, the Flopsy Bunnies eat too many lettuces…
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Ground Ivy: This Pretty Weed that Grows on Lawns Is Edible
[ad_1] For months, from early spring to the edges of summer, ground ivy’s tubular blue flowers announce its (often resented) presence in sunny lawns…
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Rashid Poulson of Brooklyn Bridge Park on Spring Gardening Chores
[ad_1] This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, nature-based gardening, on how you can be more…
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Tama Matsuoka Wong’s ‘Into the Weeds: How to Garden Like a Forager’
[ad_1] Rewilding doesn’t mean doing nothing. According to Wong, rewilding your land means rethinking how we garden and seeing ourselves as stewards of the…
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Dandelion Recipes: Delicious Served as a Wilted Side or in a Salad
[ad_1] Seen through the critical lens of weeds, dandelions are perhaps the most familiar nuisance plant of all. Seen through the appreciative lens of…
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Edible Weeds Are Vegetables in Disguise: Here are 24 Spring Weeds to Eat
[ad_1] Spring’s edible weeds are ready to eat. But what is a weed? It’s not a new question but it bears repeating. Is a…
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Mugwort in the Spring: An Edible and Tender Delicate Herb
[ad_1] Spring is sprung, the mugwort is riz (at least in Brooklyn, New York). I wonder where the mower is? Because the first, silvery…
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The Best Weed TV To Stream
[ad_1] Marijuana has become mainstream, but it isn’t reflected in shows. Weed’s presence in entertainment has generally looked back to stereotypes. Unlike alcohol, it…
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Field Garlic Naan: A No-Knead Feral Recipe Inspired by Classic Butter Naan
[ad_1] Above: Naans in cross section: cooked in 3 minutes. Above: A trayful of hot field garlic naan, ready to be devoured. Field Garlic…
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Best Tips To Roll Your Own Joint
[ad_1] More and more people are starting are being more open about their marijuana use. In fact, 90% of citizens want some form of…