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Apr 20, 2021Liked by Magda N-W

Another great informative newsletter! Burdock is taking off again by the river, looking forward to roasted roots later in the season. (and you can never write too much about citrus!)

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Would love to see some pics of what you cook up (and good to know, citrus support is always good)

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Apr 19, 2021Liked by Magda N-W

Nice “burned out” blog this week. Never the old Polish medicine for burn out, tea with honey and lemon. Curse most things! Also when do psilocybin mushroom come into season?

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Will be drinking a lot of those (maybe minus the tea), with a little more ginger. Not sure when those mushrooms come in, maybe a little later. Going to meet a medicinal mushroom grower at some point soon and I'll be sure to ask

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Remember to ask for some magic mushroom spores!

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Apr 12, 2021Liked by Magda N-W

Tried this delisious recipe yesterday (Jerusalem artichoke and horseradish soup) https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/jerusalem-artichoke-horseradish-soup

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Sounds great I will have to check it out!

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Apr 11, 2021Liked by Magda N-W

I recently discovered someone I followed (you) moved to Colorado via Instagram. I was equally delighted to find/subscribe to your newsletter and this bang-up treatment of mallow. I also write about edible wild plants (some endemic to the region you find yourself in now). Feel free to email because I have some great resources for you to explore about this region if you are so inclined. Anyhow, take care, and thanks for this newsletter.

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Hi Kevin, so glad you approve of my mallow treatment. I would absolutely love to take a look at those resources, I'll send you over an email soon. Thanks for your comment, it means the world :)

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Mar 23, 2021Liked by Magda N-W

ferns on the moors are an ongoing problem here...I shall encourage everyone to have a go at eating some....after careful identification of course!

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Best way to deal with them for sure! Lots of invasive species are actually edible, there is an amazing Instagram dedicated to being an "invasivore". Check out Pascal Baudar if you're interested.

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Mar 22, 2021Liked by Magda N-W

Nice one, about the popcorn maybe you should wiki the difference between flint corn and sweet corn. The native american, I think grew both. Also happy new year.

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Happy New Year to you too!

They did grow both, and the plants actually evolved from grasses. Popping corn is a type of flint corn generally, so really needs so extra energy to break though the hard outer shell, but sweetcorn would probably taste terrible in polenta. So we persevere. Of course, there is also the process of nixtamalisation (cooking with lye or soda ash) which can help break down the corn. Maybe next time...

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Apr 5, 2021Liked by Magda N-W

Further to the three sisters cooperation, on cape cod, SE Massachusetts, and Rhode Island/Narragansett Bay and Block Island Sound, the cod were once so abundant that whole schools would beach on their way North to Canadian waters. This was because this land mass sticking out into the ocean that the cod would beach as some species of whale do today. This usually happened in spring, and the indigenous tribe would gather basket loads of stranded cod, bring them to their fields and plant one large fish with each cornhill of the three sisters. The worms ate the fish and their excrement provide fertilizer for the sisters, before the symbiotic culture was established. This was necessary because the soil was like pure sand and very low in nutrients. Maybe you could put your spin on the topic of soil in a future explosion of literary loveliness?

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Mar 22, 2021Liked by Magda N-W

This one is great!

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Thanks Anna, hope it inspired some festive baking!

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