Rusty Ring

(Some of this information originally appeared in my book, The Neighborhood Forager , Chelsea Green, 2000) The neck of the woods where...

Japanese knotweed ( Polygonum cuspidatum syn. Fallopia japonica ) and giant knotweed ( P. sachalinense syn. F. sachalinensis ) are s...

New Mexico, 1926. The Dust Bowl has held the state in its grip for over a year now, and where there is no water, there is no work. The h...

Oxalis While on ango last summer, I got a visit from the Dysentery Fairy. I still haven't determined precisely what sort it wa...

Stinging nettle, Urtica dioica . (Adapted from The Neighborhood Forager , by Robert K. Henderson. Copyright 1999 Chelsea Green Pub...