Adam Haritan of LearnYourLand.com demolishes many of the “what’s safe/what’s not safe” mushroom myths.
Here’s Adam’s course on mushroom foraging.
– Ken McCarthy
PlantWisdom.org
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Category Archives: Botany
Plant wisdom by the side of the highway
The first rule of plant wisdom is keep your eyes open.
The second rule of plant wisdom is ALL plants are sacred, no matter what they are or where they are.
The third rule of plant wisdom is that the plants in your backyard are as “exotic” and mysterious – and powerful – as plants deep in the Amazon rain forest.
There is beauty and power everywhere.
Our good friend … Read more
Two of my favorite plants
Mugwort
Korean TV documentary on medicinal uses
The film refers to May as optimal harvest time, but, of course, that differences from place to place.
How wonderful it must be to live in a country that has “modern” medicine and deep herbal knowledge too.
The second half of the video is a bonus: Korean Qi Gong.
– Ken McCarthy
PlantWisdom.org
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What’s Not To Love About These Wild Plants?
A walk through the wild spring woods with Adam Haritan
The glorious eastern woods
Hey, do you live near southern Michigan? Can you get there?
Adam will be teaching at this annual fun gathering of foragers in June.
www.willforageforfood.com/i
– Ken McCarthy
PlantWisdom.org
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Plant Wisdom talks with LearnYourLand.com
In the woods with Adam Haritan
A deep dive into the eastern woods
Plant Wisdom talks with Adam Haritan of LearnYourLand.com
You can click here to see Adam’s growing library of videos.
My hope: That people all over the world see these videos and some are inspired create ones of similar quality and depth.
If you’re an Eastern Woodlands person, they will amplify your love and appreciation of where … Read more
Nettle
“The Ingenious Botanist in the Mountains of Tajikistan”
A mediation on human dignity.
A short documentary on the daily life of a botanist in the mountains of Tajikistan.
Not a whole lot of specific plant information, but insight into the soul of a plant lover and a look at the rich plant life in an environment you don’t expect to find much.
It’s also a portrait and reminder of what human life is like away from our overdone … Read more
High tech air purification with houseplants
In the 1980s, NASA spent millions of dollars on how to deal with unhealthy indoor environments.
They were interested in the big challenge of purifying air on space stations and long space flights.
Here’s what they came up with…
Houseplants.
The simplest plant to take care of:
Sansevieria laurentii, also known as “mother-in-law’s tongue” and “snake plant.”
The original NASA paper is here:
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930073077.pdf
The specs
Still more
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Foraging & Feasting with Dina Falconi
Download the mp3 here
The ideal introduction to plants, herbs and “weeds” would be to have a grandmother (or grandfather) take us by the hand through the fields and woods from an early age.
In these “modern” times, few of us have that experience. Our guest on this installment of PlantWisdom.org, Dina Falcone, certainly didn’t.
Dina grew up in New York City’s East Village in the 1970s, an urban … Read more
