Saturday, October 17, 4 p.m., ACORN PROCESSING WORKSHOP. Acorns fall from oak trees, and they are part of traditional diets world-wide. They were an important part of the diet of California’s indigenous population. We’ll share how to process acorns by at least two different methods. We will demonstrate the steps that it takes to go […]
In our modern world, more and more foragers can impact the local environment. But it’s not hard to collect some of the wild seeds, or take cuttings, and create your own wild medicinal garden in your own back yard or back 40. We’ll share some of the wild medicine plants that are easiest to cultivate in your own backyard. We’ll also share the techniques of propagation, which includes seeds, cuttings, and transplants.
Don’t forget, some of the common wild medicines, if native, can be purchased at local nurseries. We’ll tell you where. And everything you know about organic gardening will be relevant to growing your own wild medicines, since you’re now growing them! Many of the wild plants are more resilient than cultivated plants, and they do best when you try to replicate the conditions where they thrive in the wild.
Saturday, October 24, 4 p.m. WILDCRAFTING SEEDS FOR FOOD AND PROPAGATION If you’re a wild-crafter, you might be collecting wild foods for your own meals, and you might be collecting the seeds so you can propagate the plants in your own back yard, or elsewhere in the wild. We’re going to look at the wild […]