Jump tp recipe: Pickled Fir Tips, Fir-Infused Syrup, Fir Needle Tea Conifers (or Gymnosperms), one of the two major tree groups, are non-flowering and cone-bearing trees (Angiosperms are flowering plants, composing all other trees). Conifers include the tallest (Coastal Redwood – Sequoia sempervirens), largest by volume (Giant Sequoia – Sequoiadendron giganteum), and oldest non-clonal (BristleconeContinue reading “Conifer Needles of Pines, Firs, etc.”
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Eating Acorns: Balanophagy
Jump to recipe: Acorn Bread, Acorn Cookies If you choose to alter your diet for the environment, eating acorns (especially in Mediterranean and temperate climates) is one of the best things that you can do. As the most abundant and climate adapted for drought, wildfires, and low-quality soils, oak trees provide much-needed habitat and produceContinue reading “Eating Acorns: Balanophagy”
The Ecologist Cowboy 