Category Archives: foraging
Keeping game from spoiling is an important hunting skill
Hunting season is fast approaching. In fact, dove and Canada goose seasons are already in, and I hope hunters can thin those resident geese out a little. Whitetail deer archery season opens this weekend. I never seem to find the … Continue reading
Nasturtiums are colorful flowers with many uses
Nasturtium is an annual plant with attractive flowers and unique looking lily pad-like leaves. It’s easy to grow and totally safe around children. Leaves and flowers are both edible. Nasturtiums thrive in sunny locations on infertile soil. Strangely enough, high … Continue reading
Horse nettle is a toxic tomato imposter
Anyone with a vegetable or flower garden has probably encountered a prickly weed with white to pale purple flowers with yellow centers. If plants are not removed from their location these flowers develop into yellow fruits resembling cherry tomatoes. This … Continue reading
There’s a tomato for everyone
Tomatoes continue to be the most common garden vegetable plant. Actually they aren’t really a vegetable at all. They have seeds in them, so they are a fruit. Tomatoes have two growth habits, determinant and indeterminate. Determinant types are usually … Continue reading
Three tomato diseases that can destroy the whole crop
There are numerous diseases that affect tomatoes, but I’m only going to focus on three. As far as I’m concerned they are important, since few common cultivars have been bred for resistance. Because of our hot humid climate in eastern … Continue reading
Marsh pennywort can hide, and it’s tough to remove from your lawn
A while ago a gentleman asked me about a weed he had in his lawn that was keeping his new grass from establishing. He described it as having round shiny lily pad-like leaves. I thought for a minute, for there … Continue reading
New foods should be sampled in small quantities
It seems like every day I get asked about eating wild foods. People inquire about their safety. Some folks shake their heads that anyone would collect weeds in the first place First of all, despite what some may think I … Continue reading
Gaillardia is a great perennial plant to cut your water bill
Whether to save money or the environment, more people today are trying to conserve water in their landscape. We all are familiar with succulents that have thick fleshy leaves and/or stems. Other plants may not look like water misers but … Continue reading
Hornbeam is another native tree with winter landscape appeal
A couple weeks ago I wrote about river birch and its beauty in winter. It’s just one of several useful native species. Many are underused in my opinion. One of my personal favorites for naturalizing is a birch relative with … Continue reading
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