wild foraging Archives - Appalachian History

dealer haul of seng

December 16, 2020 Ginseng / North Carolina / Wild foraging

A novel to set the record straight on ginseng

For three centuries, ginseng held an important but understated role in our export economy with Asia, gathered wild, shipped by the ‘tun.’

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diagram showing the life cycle of ramps

April 12, 2019 Regional food / Wild foraging

The salient feature of ramps is the smell

This is a diagram of the general life cycle of Allium tricoccum—ramps.

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November 8, 2018 Regional food / Wild foraging

Wait until the first frost has kissed the persimmons

Get the ones that have already fallen to the ground, or ones that fall off the tree easily, when shaking the tree. If the fruit falls to the ground easily, it is ripe.

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still life of dandelion wine and blossoms

April 12, 2018 Wild foraging

A pleasant drink of medicinal value

Ah, dandelion wine! The name comes from dent de lion, French for “lion’s tooth,” referring to the leaves’ teeth. Wine is made from the heads.

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Tommie Bass standing in herb garden

January 16, 2018 Alabama / Wild foraging

Well the son-of-a-gun pecked in, now let him peck out

Nationally recognized herbalist Tommie Bass was the subject of scholarly & popular books, and a front-page essay in the Wall Street Journal.

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