GETTING TO KNOW EPAZOTE About the Author: Christopher Nyerges has been teaching ethnobotany since 1974. He is the author of “Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants,” “Foraging Wild Edible Plants of North America,” and other books on the uses of wild plants. He can be reached at www.SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com. ...
STINGING NETTLES: A GREAT FOOD AND MEDICINE!
STINGING NETTLE (Urtica dioica) Stinging nettle is a member of the Nettle Family, which has about 700 species found world-wide. The genus Urtica has 45 members, and most are very similar to the stinging nettle described here. DESCRIPTION: This annual plant typically arises in the spring after the rains and...
HOW BILLY NICKEL ATE EXCLUSIVELY WILD FOODS FOR A WEEK
LIVING OFF THE LAND -- Is it possible in the city? Billy Nickel, 53, is a professional electrician who has also spent hundreds of hours in the last 15 years studying ethno-botany, and related survival skills. In the early spring of 2010, he was between jobs and living...