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Ava recently appeared on WNYC's "All Things Considered" with Amy Eddings (93.9 FM) to discuss summer wineberries. She was a judge for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Greenest Block in Brooklyn 2011 contest. You can find her Urban Forager column every other Saturday on the New York Times City Room site or by using the links below.Summer
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Summer Wineberries
Staten Island, NY. Love this summer fruit, which I just wrote about for the Urban Forager (“wineberries“). Tart, juicy, and thimble-shaped, wineberries taste like a blood orange infused with a shot of raspberry. Because the temps have been so ferocious … Continue reading
Posted in Summer
Tagged berries, berry, Rubus phoenicolasius, Urban Forager, urban foraging, wild berries, wild food, Wine raspberry, wineberries, wineberry
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Even More Wild Berries
Brooklyn, NY. It took me a while before I realized that this little juicy treasure, which I wrote about in the Urban Forager recently, was lining the roadsides and trails of my favorite park. As with many things in foraging, … Continue reading
Posted in Summer
Tagged berries, black raspberries, black raspberry, foraging, urban foraging, wild berries
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‘Tis the Season for Wild Berries
New York, NY. What does summer in the city mean? Aside from Shakespeare in the Park, fire hydrants mutilated into sprinklers, and a mad dash out of town on Friday afternoons, summer heat translates into the sweetness of summer berries. … Continue reading
Lovely Like a Portobello
Staten Island, NY. I found this wild relative to the most cultivated mushroom in the world—the white button—last fall off an inner road on the college campus where I teach. It was the envy of several mushroom lovers that season. … Continue reading
Posted in Fall, Winter
Tagged edible mushrooms, gilled mushrooms, mushrooms, Urban Forager, urban foraging, wild mushrooms
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Jimsonweed, the Devil’s Trumpet
Brooklyn, NY. My Urban Forager posting on jimsonweed made today’s Metro section of the New York Times (“In This Wicked Weed“), and it was thrilling to see this somewhat dangerous beauty there. I’ve been looking for Datura ever since my … Continue reading
Black Raspberries
Brooklyn, NY. Just found these little beauties in Prospect Park. It’s going to take a few more days before they darken up to a deep purple and completely ripen. I’m looking forward to checking on this Rubus occidentalis next week. … Continue reading
Posted in Summer
Tagged berries, berry, foraging, raspberry, Rubus occidentalis, urban foraging
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Fine Young Cannabis
Brooklyn, NY. As predicted, the Urban Forager post about finding Cannabis sativa (“Wayward Weed” 12 June 2010) in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn sparked lots of the usual “make it legal”/”it’s a gateway drug” debate. My own interest in it is purely … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannabis, Cannabis sativa, Ditmas Park, foraging, marijuana, urban foraging, weed
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Urban Forager at Clinton Hill Garden Tour, Sun. May 6
Brooklyn, NY. I’m excited to take part in Brownstone Garden District’s Clinton Hill Garden Walk tomorrow, June 6, 11am-2pm at Lafayette & Washington in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. I’ll have samples on-hand of wild edible plants that grow throughout the city, … Continue reading