Is cobbler’s pegs (Bidens pilosa) ‘phototoxic’?
tl;dr: A bit. If you use it topically medicinally, bandage it up to keep your skin out of the sun. One of the edible weeds we do a short profile on in The Weed Forager’s Handbook is cobbler’s pegs (Bidens pilosa). It’s not one of our favourites gastronomically, but it’s not too bad either. One […]
With Costa and David at SLF
Down at the Sustainable Living Festival last month, Adam caught up with Costa the most awesome writer of the foreword to The Weed Forager’s Handbook. And David Holmgren was down there too. David is the co-originator of the permaculture concept, one of our heroes, and gave us feedback and a lovely review on the back cover […]
The Feral Floral Foraged Feast
Taryn from Retro Food for Modern Times blog makes a beautiful looking weedy salad, and has written up some notes about her weed foraging experience after coming on a weeds walk last month. Check it.