Making a cookbook about foraging? yes please
Here’e the work of a group of people from New York, who with verve and good humor is offering a new way to look at the botany living around us. Great the statement “So why the focus on foraging? Well, we have to say a bit about spurse. We’re a collective of systems thinkers, and […]
On foraging and Videos, a poetic response
From Alex and Clare 🙂 Pioneers from vdmalex on Vimeo. 2010 we attended a ‘Weed Tour’ of Sydney Park, hosted by local artist Diego Bonetto as part of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s major exhibition ‘In The Balance: Art for a Changing World’. Diego introduced us to his friends – dandelion, wild mustard, sowthistle and […]
amazing databases
The Food Plants International database covers some 18,000 plants edibility, just falling short of the estimate of edible plants in the world, which according to Plant For a Future, is around 20,000. Great respect should be paid to the countless amount of people devoting so much of their time and knowledge for all to share, […]
Media for Wild Stories, reaching the local audience
Artist shares wild idea FARAH ABDURAHMAN 21 Mar, 2012 South West Advertiser EVERYDAY plants found in your backyard could have health and medicinal benefits. Diego Bonnetto, an artist with a love of all things botanical, has developed a movement within the local community to encourage foraging for wild plants. The artist is working in partnership […]
on how to make a bark canoe
Historians Jim Walliss and instigator Diego Bonetto collaborate with artists Steve Russell and Noel Lonesborough from Boolarng Nangamai Aboriginal Corporation to tackle the challenge of making a traditional (Aboriginal) Jervis Bay canoe from the bark of a stringybark tree sourced on the Bundanon property. The canoe was constructed in eight hours – following clear directions […]
On hoW to pRepAre prIckLY peAr
Nopal, or prickly pear, has many uses, the most common being culinary. Mexican and South American cooking frequently calls for this versatile vegetable, and it is gaining popularity for its practicality and health benefits. Nopal is high in soluble fiber and low in calories at just five per ½ cup. ? Instructions Things You’ll Need […]
InsideOut TV comes to the Foraging Tour!
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Wild Stories, the book
You have produced and self-published a book. It is available online here for $16 plus postage and handleing, or you could get it as a signed, limited edition copy by sending your request at info[at]weedyconnection[dot]com Wild Stories by Diego Bonetto | Make Your Own Book
the local weather
You have looked at the weather from all directions. You have followed the moon, the seasons, the relationship between the crescent to the rest of the cycle, the common (imported) knowledge of various cultures, sayings, hear-says, the words from yours old ways of northern Italy.. By now your friends just ‘let you talk’, as in, […]
SouthSydneyHeraldOCT11pg12
SouthSydneyHeraldOCT11pg12, a photo by the weed one on Flickr. Great article about what you do, how and why. By Christine Morrow on the South Sydney Herald Read the rest of the paper here> http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/pdf/SSHOCT11.pdf
