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Early Spring Greens: Spruce Tips
It’s conifer tip season on PEI! The soft, bright green, new growth on members of the Pine Family (Pinaceae) is both edible and packed...
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May 31, 20232 min read
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Edible Cat-tail vs. Toxic Iris: Know the Difference!
PEI has so many wild spring foods! Over the past month, we’ve looked at Dandelion, Dock, Evening Primrose, Fiddleheads, and Watercress....
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May 24, 20232 min read
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Fiddleheads: Cleaning, Storing, and Cooking
A feast of Fiddleheads is an annual spring tradition for many people. For information on how to find and identify these tasty treats,...
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May 21, 20232 min read
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Early Spring Greens: Fantastic Fiddleheads
Fiddleheads are the best known and most coveted of PEI’s spring greens. I collected my feast last week, but you should still be able to...
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May 21, 20232 min read
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Recipes for Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is the poster child for edible spring greens, with good reason: it’s everywhere, hard to mistake...
katemacquarrie22
Apr 23, 20232 min read
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Early Spring Greens: Wonderful Watercress
PEI’s wild greens are popping up so fast this spring it’s hard to keep up! However, I always have time to stop and collect one of my...
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Apr 19, 20232 min read
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Kate's Homemade Dressing for Wild Greens
It can be hard to find a commercial dressing that pairs well with wild greens. Some plants are easily overpowered by a strong dressing,...
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Apr 14, 20231 min read
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