Art of the Wild
December 6, 2012
Art of the Wild: NatureWorks Celebrate a deep awareness of our native environment through art made from local, wild materials. Each of us has an opportunity to use what is right around us to create beauty—it is as simple as finding driftwood, collecting river rocks, or arranging native berries and flowers to decorate the home. […]
Holiday Gifts from Nature
A few ideas for easy, natural gifts that you can make yourself from wild, native plants. You can give them as individual gifts or even make up a gift basket with several of the items. Madrone berry necklace: The Madrone berries are abundant this year. Gather berries from the ground below the tree or […]
Wild Holiday Recipes
TOYON CIDER Collect berries in winter. METHOD – Cover dried berries with water. – Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 – 30 minutes while crushing berries. – Strain and sweeten as desired. TIP Toyon cider has a wonderful aroma and color. Fresh berries can be used, but dried berries are much sweeter. ROSE […]
Rainy Winter Storms & Wild-Harvesting Opportunity
November 30, 2012
Here in the foothills we are at the start of a rainy winter storm that is expected to last about a week. I usually don’t think about wild-harvesting medicine during the winter rains, but this time of year there is one exception – unsea! Usnea is a lichen (a symbiotic partnership between a fungus and […]
Living Wild in SoCal
October 16, 2012
On October 6, 2012 The Living Wild Project headed south on an adventure to explore more of California’s diversity and give an interactive lecture and wild food tasting at the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden. With my car filled with indigenous ice creams by Treats of Nevada City, including such delicacies as Yerba Santa Vegan Ice […]
