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How to Eat Your Lawn: Dandelion Risotto
May 19, 2020 Leave a Comment by 200birdies Flowers

How to Eat Your Lawn: Dandelion Risotto

If you have an unruly lawn like mine, you can weed and feed at the same time.  I get pretty excited […]

Pickling Spring Alliums: Ramps and Green Garlic
June 11, 2018 Leave a Comment by 200birdies Foraging

Pickling Spring Alliums: Ramps and Green Garlic

 I pickle with a purpose. Maybe I want to extend a fleeting season, or punch up piquant flavor, or introduce […]

Gooseberry Jam and a Version with Elderflowers
July 5, 2015 2 Comments by 200birdies Berries

Gooseberry Jam and a Version with Elderflowers

It’s rare to find gooseberries around here. I’m not sure that they’re native. Growing them is actually banned in much […]

Wild Black Raspberry Jam
June 29, 2015 1 Comment by 200birdies Berries

Wild Black Raspberry Jam

“Follow the black dots,” he said. Into the woods and the bramble patch where a tremendous harvest of wild black […]

Foraging: Pickled Purslane
August 26, 2013 1 Comment by 200birdies Foraging

Foraging: Pickled Purslane

One of the advantages of an organic farm is that the edible weeds are well raised. Purslane – a relative […]

Lawn Party: Violet Syrup and Cordials
May 5, 2013 4 Comments by 200birdies Flowers

Lawn Party: Violet Syrup and Cordials

Another way to eat your lawn… Our so-called lawn is now a meadow of flowers.  Covered with white and blue […]

White Bean Soup with Bacon and Dandelion Pesto
April 25, 2013 1 Comment by 200birdies Beans and legumes

White Bean Soup with Bacon and Dandelion Pesto

Bacon is the center of the Venn diagram of this soup. White beans and bacon are a traditional pairing as […]

How to Eat Your Lawn: Barley “Risotto” with Dandelion Leaves and Flowers
April 20, 2013 2 Comments by 200birdies Flowers

How to Eat Your Lawn: Barley “Risotto” with Dandelion Leaves and Flowers

Ah, the first foraging of spring. While we’re winding down the winter storage pantry and planting seeds that will produce […]

How to Eat Your Lawn: A Salad of Bittercress and Violets
March 30, 2012 Leave a Comment by 200birdies Flowers

How to Eat Your Lawn: A Salad of Bittercress and Violets

I don’t weed my lawn. I eat it. One of the earliest food crops in my yard is bittercress, a […]

More Flower Jellies: Borage and Marigold
November 9, 2011 3 Comments by 200birdies Flowers

More Flower Jellies: Borage and Marigold

This is a finale to three-quarters of a year of making jelly from flowers. It started with a lawn full […]

Queen Anne’s Lace Jelly
August 23, 2011 2 Comments by 200birdies Flowers

Queen Anne’s Lace Jelly

Foraging the breezy fields for that lacy white flower known as Queen Anne’s Lace, also known as wild carrot, yielded […]

Violet Jelly
April 27, 2011 11 Comments by 200birdies Flowers

Violet Jelly

What a coincidence, the  week of the Royal Wedding. A perfect combination of tradition and today’s idea  of  the environment. […]

Foraging for Gold: Dandelion Jelly
April 24, 2011 3 Comments by 200birdies Foraging

Foraging for Gold: Dandelion Jelly

I love free stuff. Think about everything that’s free to the gardener: rainwater, sun, breeze, soil, seeds, and weeds. We’re […]

How to Eat Your Lawn: Wilted Dandelion Salad
April 24, 2011 Leave a Comment by 200birdies Foraging

How to Eat Your Lawn: Wilted Dandelion Salad

Early in the season, when the dandelions first arrive to take over our lawn, we can weed and feed at […]

March: First Foraging and a Few Sprouts
March 3, 2011 Leave a Comment by 200birdies Foraging

March: First Foraging and a Few Sprouts

March is predictably unpredictable with blustery weather (“in like a lion”) and deceptive mildness (“out like a lamb”). It is […]

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