So we've got a lot of stuff planted and are designing a simple drip-irrigation system so we can capture and store storm water, since its free (!) and it is the biggest infrastructure and environmental problem in America right now. Hopefully we can come up with and build a cool little system that we will be able to eventually share on here so you can do it at your house too, modifying to fit your needs of course.
In the meantime we are learning more about native plants and edibles by doing some foraging on the Northwest edge of the city in the Caldwell forest preserve. We hope to get up a foraging page with photos and information on forageable edibles in our area, and where you can share info on whats in your area too. In the meantime, here are some photos from the adventure: Urban Forage Adventure!
Here is the link for Nance Klehm's website 'Spontaneous Vegetation', which is loaded with info on many things. You can contact her to do some urban foraging yourself as she is an urban forager extraordinaire.
Now go find some plants and eat them! (But make sure they aren't poisonous first)
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