Native Edible Plants Part 4: Nuts, Blossoms, and Even More Fruits with Bob Henrickson

Native Edible Plants Part 4: Nuts, Blossoms, and Even More FruitsEpisode IntroductionIn today's episode, Native Edible Plants Part 4, we chat with Bob Henrickson about survival foods, how to make native Shirley Temples, and which native plant has been used as a spice for centuries. If you don't like rabbit holes, this episode will be a dangerous romp through Gardenland.Host Stephanie BarelmanStephanie Barelman is the founder of the Bellevue Native Plant Society, a midwest motivational speaker surrounding the native plants dialogue, and host of the Plant Native Nebraska Podcast.Guest Bob Henrickson Bob&nbsp;attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and graduated with a B.S. in Wildlife Biology in the School of Natural Resources. Currently,&nbsp;Bob&nbsp;is the Horticulture Program Coordinator with the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, Inc., a private, non-profit organization and program of the Nebraska Forest Service. His responsibilities include assisting affiliated arboretum sites with&nbsp;plant&nbsp;collection development and to acquire, propagate and produce&nbsp;native&nbsp;and other resilient landscape&nbsp;plants for&nbsp;plant&nbsp;sales to our members and the public.&nbsp;Bob&nbsp;has hosted a live, call-in gardening talk show called How’s it Growin’ on a community radio station in Lincoln since 2000. He is passionate about&nbsp;native&nbsp;plants, herbs, dried flowers, vegetable gardening, wild mushrooms and wild edible&nbsp;plants.&nbsp;Episode SponsorsToday's episode sponsored by Midwest Natives Nursery:https://www.midwestnativesnursery.com/https://www.facebook.com/midwestnativeshttps://www.instagram.com/midwest_natives_nursery/ Listen, rate, and subscribe!Get some merch! https://plant-native-nebraska.myspreadshop.com/Find us on FacebookVisit our homepage https://plant-native-nebraska.captivate.fmGive us a review on Podchaser! www.podchaser.com/PlantNativeNebraskaSupport My Work via PatreonThe Plant Native Nebraska podcast can be found on the podcast app of your choice.Episode ContentWild strawberry- Fragaria virginianaWild strawberry is so very pretty, and I hear from people all the time they have this in their yard. But they are mistaking false strawberry for our native one. The leaves are larger than false strawberry and the small flowers are white and not yellow. Makes a great edible ground cover. Plant with violets for more fun! Early bloomer. Maybe make a sedge meadow with strawberries. Hackberry- one of the earliest plants eaten by humansAn understory tree, you see this everywhere at Lauritzen Gardens, Heron Haven, basically every other wooded area around here.&nbsp;Sam Thayer-Nature's Garden: "For sheer survival value hackberry is unsurpassed..."Bonkers idea for hackberry: make hackberry milk and use it as coffee creamer. Great for songbirds and vegans!Prunus family plantsAmerican plumHistorical: Cherokee used fruit to make fruit juice, eaten fresh, or jelly. Cheyenne treated these as a delicacy and would even sun dry these at times. Tribes consistently described as highly valued. Wild plum wine, cobbler. Highest carbs found in fruit. Get your plum on!Suckers so plant isolated in lawn or plan for thicketingChokecherryChokecherry is one of those plants whose common name is so close to another one you get it mixed up. So we’re talking about prunus Virginiana not chokeberry which is in the aronia family.&nbsp;Chokecherry makes an excellent jelly. If you’re a little bit country you might have had some before.&nbsp;Chokecherry fizz AKA Native Shirley Temple, Chokecherry wine, drinks all around!Another thicketing one but when planted in shade, doesn't spread as much. Early bloomer.Ribes family of plants&nbsp; RYE-BEES FTWBlack currant- Ribes americium&nbsp;fruit dried, made into sauces, eaten fresh&nbsp;likes part shadeBuffalo currant- Ribes aureum or odoratum (goes by both names)likes growing in hot and dry conditions easy to grow, makes tasty pie Missouri gooseberry- Ribes missouriense&nbsp;If you need a little Misourrah in your life...Elderberry- Sambucus canadensis Elderberries must be cooked before eating but makes a lovely jam, make sure to pick them when ripe can also use the elderflowers to make syrups, wines, and cordials&nbsp;High iron content, songbird and pollinator favoriteRejuvenation pruning may be your friend here every 3-4 yearsKay Young's Wild Seasons- I know, she's a popular gal with us...Shake flowers into bucket and steep flowers in hot simple syrup.Elderberry flower fritters and yes, you heard us right... Marbled Elderberry Cheesecake. Can even make elderberry capers from the unripe fruits, but must prepare correctly to remove the toxinsSmooth sumac and staghorn sumac Berries used to make drinks with sugar: sumacade or sumac tea In the citrus family! Who knew?Sumac (zatar) has been used to make spices for centuries. Good source of Vitamin C. May be used to make a sumac vinaigrette. Spring Affair Get affordable plants in Lincoln this year at the Spring Affair! Additional content related to this episode:What makes a plant native?http://bonap.net/fieldmaps Biota of North America North American Plant Atlas database-select Nebraskahttps://bellevuenativeplants.org Bellevue Native Plant Societynative (wild type) vs. nativar/native cultivar (native plant cultivated by humans for desirable characteristics)On the WebBONAP aforementionedBNPS aforementionedhttp://www.facebook.com/groups/bellevuenativeplantsociety- BNPS on FacebookBooks &amp; AuthorsRick Darke- The Living Landscape Douglas Tallamy- Professor and Chair of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Entomology at the University of Delaware, author of The Living Landscape, Nature's Best Hope, naturalist, and curator of "Homegrown National Park". Enrique Salmon- Iwigara Daniel Moerman -Native American Ethnobotany Heather Holm- https://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.comNative Plants of the MidwestPlanting in a Post-Wild WorldJon Farrar's Field Guide to Wildflowers of Nebraska Additional ResourcesNSA at https://www.plantnebraska.org great articles and downloads&nbsp;Xerxes Society- champions of pollinator health&nbsp;Native Plant Finder- https://www.nwf.org/nativeplantfinder/Other Local OrganizationsGreen BellevuePATHMilkweed MattersNebraska Native Plant SocietyListen, rate, and subscribe!Get some merch! https://plant-native-nebraska.myspreadshop.com/Find us on FacebookVisit our homepage https://plant-native-nebraska.captivate.fmGive us a review on Podchaser! www.podchaser.com/PlantNativeNebraskaSupport My Work via <a...