Comments on: When the Going Gets Tough, It’s Time to Go Foraging http://www.writerbynature.com/2009/05/26/when-the-going-gets-tough-its-time-to-go-foraging/ JJ Murphy | Writer, Hiker, Mycologist, Wild Foods Forager and Nature Photographer Freelance Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:59:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JJ Murphy http://www.writerbynature.com/2009/05/26/when-the-going-gets-tough-its-time-to-go-foraging/comment-page-1/#comment-9080 JJ Murphy Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:30:15 +0000 http://www.writerbynature.com/?p=2388#comment-9080 Thanks for visiting my site and for taking the time to comment. Remember, it is critically important to distinguish what part of the plant you are talking about. Just as tomato leaves are toxic and the fruit is not, wisteria pods - those things that look and taste like string beans - will make you very sick. I ended up in the emergency room. The wisteria BLOSSOMS are perfectly edible. If you do make a wisteria liqueur, I'd love to know how it turns out. Also, I forage while I garden. Every chickweed, purslane, quickweed, thistle,lamb's quarter or other "weed" that comes up in the organic, biodynamic garden soil is just as edible. Wishing you an abundant season. JJ Thanks for visiting my site and for taking the time to comment.

Remember, it is critically important to distinguish what part of the plant you are talking about. Just as tomato leaves are toxic and the fruit is not, wisteria pods – those things that look and taste like string beans – will make you very sick. I ended up in the emergency room.

The wisteria BLOSSOMS are perfectly edible. If you do make a wisteria liqueur, I’d love to know how it turns out.

Also, I forage while I garden. Every chickweed, purslane, quickweed, thistle,lamb’s quarter or other “weed” that comes up in the organic, biodynamic garden soil is just as edible.

Wishing you an abundant season.

JJ

]]> By: Silky Sienna http://www.writerbynature.com/2009/05/26/when-the-going-gets-tough-its-time-to-go-foraging/comment-page-1/#comment-9074 Silky Sienna Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:05:11 +0000 http://www.writerbynature.com/?p=2388#comment-9074 Hi. I've been doing research to make liqueurs from flowers, and have read wisteria is poisonous - I see here you were collecting blossoms for a salad, and wondered how that worked out for you? Did you get sick? I was thinking maybe I could just infuse sugar with the wisteria scent and then use that in the final liqueure... I like that you forage. I have a deep instinct for it, but right now am putting energies into planning my new organic garden. But I desire to go foraging. Hi. I’ve been doing research to make liqueurs from flowers, and have read wisteria is poisonous – I see here you were collecting blossoms for a salad, and wondered how that worked out for you? Did you get sick? I was thinking maybe I could just infuse sugar with the wisteria scent and then use that in the final liqueure…

I like that you forage. I have a deep instinct for it, but right now am putting energies into planning my new organic garden. But I desire to go foraging.

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