– Ken McCarthy
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Catskils Mushroom Walk
John Michelotti of Catskill Fungi
John leads guided mushroom walks throughout the Catskill Mountain region. Learn about mushrooms in the woods and their functions in the ecosystem and our lives.
Click here to see the schedule for future walks
– Ken McCarthy
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Peter Webster – Psychoactive Plants and Human Evolution
Psychoactive plants have been omnipresent during all the stages of hominid evolution – but is there any evidence that they may have had an important influence or been the evolutionary catalyst for the emergence of modern humans?
Mythological tales of a “forbidden fruit” acting to awaken humankind from their “natural” or protohuman state are not uncommon, but some recent findings of science now seem to give new meaning to such … Read more
Herb walk with Rosita Arvigo in Chicago
Site of Herb Walk in Chicago on Milwaukee and Kedzie Avenues in Logan Square
Amaranth — Amaranthus retroflexus — Ancient food of the Americas; very high mineral and protein content. Excellent for anemia
Sheep Sorrel — Rumex acetosella — Good food for salads, kidney aid
Milkweed — Asclepias syriaca — white milky sap for warts, edible flowers and very young pods
Prairie Dock — Silphium terebinthinaceum — decorative prairie plant… Read more
PlantWisdom.org interview Dr. Rosita Arvigo
The tree that grows 40 fruits
– Ken McCarthy
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Jamaican herbs
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Unfolding crowns
Photograph by Alyssa Locke. Photo editing by Alyssa Locke and Ken McCarthy.
– Ken McCarthy
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Mullein Flowers
Photograph by Alyssa Locke. Photo editing by Alyssa Locke and Ken McCarthy.
– Ken McCarthy
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Ancient Trees Portraits of Time
This dragon blood tree can live up to five hundred years (Beth Moon/Abbeville Press)
Yews of Wakehurst taken in Ardingly, West Sussex, England in 1999: Its tentacle-like roots ride over the cliff’s edge to find soil to sink into and its drooping branches filter out daylight, according to Moon, giving the woods an eerie ambience.(Beth Moon/Abbeville Press)
Rilke’s Bayon taken in Ta Prohm, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia in 2007: Of … Read more
