Hey there! I also live in L.A. Lower Alabama - Right outside of Cantonment, Fla to be exact. We're neighbors. If you have any luck finding someone to identify the plants on your property, I would appreciate getting their information from you, as I have a small piece of land as well that I would like analyzed for edibles. Someone told me there is a professor at UWF by the name of Burkhalter who is very sharp. I just don't know if he does private evaluations. :) With 20 acres you probably have all sorts of good edibles. Kim -------------- Original message from "dgp" <[email protected]>: -------------- > I am determined to wild gather on my home of twenty acres of swamp, woods, > and clearing for pasture, home, and garden. > I live in North Florida, almost in Alabama. This year I picked and > prepared poke greens for the first time. I did pick them early in the > spring, the leaves shouldn't linger than the length of your hand. I blanched > them in boiling water 3 times, draining and replacing the water each time. I > only used a small piece of low fat bacon to quickly saute after that. They > were the best greens I had ever had. All parts of the poke plant can be > used by someone that knows medicine. Last week some one started laughing > when I told them about the tiny little wild blue berries I had found and I > was informed they were sparkle berries , the blackberries stopped producing > just before the sparkle berries turned green. I have also found 2 kinds of > wild grape, a large variety and a smaller one. I had a wild persimmon tree > but something broke it down. I also gather the green pads of the cactus and > the blooms. I am trying to find someone to identify plants here that were > used by Creek. There are 2 plants that are very similiar one is Yaupon and > the other looks almost identical. Mvhayv > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "csmoke" > > Phil, > > My experience also, my people only eat the poke at the very earliest in > > the > > spring when it is small and just comming up .. the tops of the small new > > plants. It was considered an annual spring experience "to clean out your > > innards". Cooked in small pieces, fried in a skillet with bacon grease > > and > > bits of bacon. Never understood why they did not get heart disease and > > clogged arteries from all that bacon they had to eat. Come to think of > > it, > > my native grandfather died of heart disease. > > > > Richard B. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Phil Whitley" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:07 PM > > Subject: Re: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Appearance of the Native Sweet Potato > > > > > >> Sam, poke sallat is best when you use the young leaves. I thought I had > >> better let you know that it should be boiled two or three times, pouring > >> off the water each time. Poke contains oxalic acid, which isn't good for > >> you. My grandma mixed her poke with turnip greens since it is pretty > >> strong-flavored. > >> > >> Brew > >> ========== > >> > >> Sam Gipson wrote: > >> > >>>We have Poke Salad in our back yard on the creek > >>>bed, She ha snot cooked it yet. Some is at least 4 feet tall. Bet it > >>>is > >>>tough. > >>>Tks, Sam > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message