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	<description>JJ Murphy &#124; Writer, Hiker, Mycologist, Wild Foods Forager and Nature Photographer Freelance</description>
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		<title>Foraging in the Absence of Mushrooms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foraging typically yields something, even if it's not what I started out looking for. ]]></description>
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		<title>Vocabulary for Wild and Cultivated Plants: Flowers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharing a common vocabulary with botanists and naturalists makes it easier to understand how plants grow.]]></description>
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		<title>Vocabulary for Wild and Cultivated Plants: Leaves</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part of a series of botanical vocabulary word articles.]]></description>
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		<title>Vocabulary for Wild and Cultivated Plants: Life Cycle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Botanical terms are essential tools in understanding the life cycle of plants.]]></description>
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		<title>Vocabulary for Wild and Cultivated Plants: Below the Soil</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knowing the technical words is one way to improve communication.]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding Observation Skills: My Forager&#8217;s Harvest with Sam Thayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding depth to the way I look at the world of plants.]]></description>
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		<title>Solstice 2008 Images</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Images along the trail on the last day of spring.]]></description>
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		<title>Plants Respond to the Changing Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know what made the rhododendron outside my apartment window bloom. But it&#8217;s nice to see. It has been a sunny, but cool and low-humidity day, making it perfect for a hike. Along the way, I found one last black trumpet mushroom. Fellow COMA member Joe Brandt, suggested I put a couple of black [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make Dyes from Wildflowers, Nuts and other Native Plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I knew that indigo, marigold, and walnut, among others, make excellent fabric dyes. I now know that the following plants also make excellent dyes: Bergamot Bloodroot Coltsfoot Coreopsis Echinacea Yarrow I also learned that cream of tartar works to keep colors from bleeding and it&#8217;s safer than alum. Read on for a basic recipe on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women in the Outdoors at Mt. Pisgah State Park, PA</title>
		<link>http://www.writerbynature.com/2007/08/13/women-in-the-outdoors-at-mt-pisgah-state-park-pa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organizer Nicole Carman is a genius. This event brought 182 participants to Mt. Pisgah State Park to participate in events ranging from kayaking and horseback riding to firearms, ATV safety, and wild game cooking. If you can do it in the outdoors, there was someone to teach you how in a mini-workshop. I learned about [...]]]></description>
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