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syrups

① cherry, cinnamon, lemon, rose

② peach, vanilla, rose

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甜酒酿

couple months fermenting cuz i kept procrastinating on bottling it ..

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foraging diary #3 montañón negro -> valleseco

a fruitful descent that took me climbing up a small mountain

zarza común rubus ulmifolius schott - very abundant here and edible

persian walnut juglans regia - edible

beard lichen genus usnea - edible

fig tree / higurea ficus carica - edible

crab apple malus sylvestris - edible

castañas / chestnuts genus castanea - edible

ciruela / plum prunus domestica - edible

granadillo / espanta demonios / leña de brujas / canary island st john's wort hypericum canariense - poisonous to livestock

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Ecosistemas de las Islas Canarias

source: floracanaria

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foraging diary #2 cruz de tejeda -> valleseco

due to heat exhaustion and confusion i accidentally deleted all my photos from this hike except very few .. very sad .....

i saw a lot of new plants but again , i lost all my photos ..

at least i managed to forrage blackberries though

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plant update

repotted tomatos . blueberries doing well in original pot

strawberries didnt do so good but i think 1 is sprouting

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shrimp + orange + foraged fennel salad

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foraging diary #1 santa brígida -> tafira

i decided i want to make a diary of my foraging hikes , and plants i encounter that i find interesting

field bindweed convolvulus arvensis - very questionable edibility

golden angel's trumpet brugmansia aurea - poisonous

garden nasturium tropaeolum - entire plant edible

bejeque aeonium davidbramwellii - unknown (endemic to canary islands)

la hierbamora bosea yervamora - not edible (endemic to canary islands)

prickly pear cactus / tuna opuntia littoralis - edible

sweet fennel foeniculum - edible

castor bean ricinus communis - deadly

mexican sunflower tithonia diversifolia - unknown edibility

el venenillo bryonia verrucosa - extremely toxic (endemic to canary islands)

adelfa amarilla / lucky nut cascabela thevetia - toxic

salvia canaria / canarian sage salvia canariensis - edible leaves (endemic to canary islands)

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British fungi. 1886. Book cover.

Internet Archive

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"The individual who desires to engage in the study [of wild mushrooms] must face a good deal of scorn. He is laughed at for his strange taste among the better classes, and is actually regarded as a sort of idiot among the lower orders. No fad or hobby is esteemed so contemptible as that of the ‘fungus-hunter’ or ‘toadstool-eater."

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made lots of pizzas . with my fermented yogurt and rice powder

very tangy

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soil in garden is good ph, slightly acidic but ok

i prepared strawberry skins to dry out so i can collect seeds

in a few days i will collect the seeds and germinate them

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i planted tomato seeds and blueberry seeds today too

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summer projects

cleaning flowerbeds

growing strawberries + onions + tomato + herbs

wall mural

weaving

mushroom hunt in tamadaba

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"Natto: King of Fermented Foods"

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new batch of rice wine

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2020

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yogurt

the airline broke 2 of my pots .. had 2 improvise . it worked