When it comes to wild plants and foraging, people ask, "How do you know all this stuff? My answer is, "I read a lot." And I do. I read a lot, talk to people, ask questions, and take a lot of notes. And why? It's all about preparedness. Over my lifetime I have found the adage "when the student is ready the teacher appears", is not some mystical tenet, but a fact. When I am most prepared, there is a teacher that shows up, an impetus that ushers me to the next level. No matter h