Ropotamo Forest, Primorsko Shore, and Beglik Tash: My Budget Solo Trip to Bulgaria, Day Three
After a long day of driving to and from Plovdiv on my second day in Bulgaria, I decided to stay more local visit the Ropotamo Forest for some hiking, with a new friend, Jenny, one of the residents of the hostel where I was staying. We drove to the area on the map where Waze […]
Touring Plovdiv: My Budget Solo Trip to Bulgaria Day Two
This post almost wasn’t going to happen, because this day trip almost didn’t happen. Plovdiv was one of the original places I’d considered going on my trip to Bulgaria, but then I booked my hostels in Burgas and Varna only, since I didn’t think I’d have a car for my trip, so I thought Plovdiv […]
Byala, Burgas and Hug Center Hostel: My Budget Solo Trip to Bulgaria, Day One:
After starting off with a literal bang, a car accident, the rest of my day, once I actually arrived in Bulgaria, went off beautifully, without a hitch. When I made my original itinerary for my trip it was before I had decided to have a rental car, so I had planned on only going to […]
Foraging Wild Watercress: A Delicious Edible Wild Plant
By Masparasol – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5707861 I apologize in advance that this post is more different than my other foraging identification posts. You might notice photo attributions under some of the pictures, because I didn’t take lots of pictures with the plan of making this post, but then I decided I couldnt […]
Ode to the Sea Beet (A Delicious Foraged Wild Edible)
Some plants, I write about. But when I’m oh so in love with a certain plant, and for very good reason, I let my dork flag fly and I dedicate a whole long poem to it. I hope you enjoy (and find it educational as well). Ode to the Sea Beet (A Delicious Foraged Wild […]
Foraging Wild Amaranth; Wild Edible Green and Pseudo Grain
I really love when there’s a plant that I forage and can write about that literally grows around the world. It makes me feel really connected to people around the world and in various cultures, despite our differences. Today’s plant that I wanted to talk about, slender amaranth, is exactly one of those. I saw […]
Foraging Black Nightshade — Solanum Nigrum and How to Identify It
This is a post that is a long time in coming and is one that I’m nervous about writing for a variety of reasons. One of the biggest things about writing this post is that it’s about a plant that for some reason is very controversial. Black nightshade. It has a reputation for being poisonous […]
Foraging, Foraging, Foraging…
I’ve been a super busy lady the past few days! It’s now spring break where I live and that means everyone is on vacation and looking for things to do with their family, which means that I, the one who has fun teaching people on their vacations, have been super busy teaching class after class […]
Foraging Wild Edibles in Poland- With Lots of Pictures!
Having never stepped foot in Poland before, I assumed that going there, I might recognize one or two different edible plants, and maybe do a drop of foraging. I was not expecting to recognize most of the plants there, with them being things I regularly forage locally, or plants I’m familiar with even if I didn’t […]
Foraging Wild Swiss Chard or Sea Beet in my Backyard!
I love Swiss chard but it’s not so cheap to buy locally. I mean it’s not a fortune but it’s more than I’d like to pay for a leafy green. In my home growing up we grew Swiss chard in our garden and enjoyed it. When married and in our first home, the one with […]
