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I basically live ashore Lake Superior and just don't know what to make of this... http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/06/13/boundary-waters.html#socialcomments

So with the zombie apocalypse in good working order (you know what I'm talking about), I thought I'd do a "feature" on fiddleheads and wild ginger (the logic's there, somewhere). Fiddleheads are unfurled Ostrich ferns located in central/eastern North America, and they make grocery shopping for greens cheap as can be (because you pay nothing at all of course). They grow wild and are easy to identify and harvest from the woods. Boil 'em, steam 'em, throw 'em in a pot... Wild ginger, also found in central/eastern North America, is part of the herb family and can be identified by the two heart-shaped leaves and a strong gingery scent. The roots

I feel extremely foggy headed right now, so it's probably not the best time to write a journal entry but I feel like it must be done... I want to address something that may be trivial to some, but disturbs me greatly: fluoridation. Yeah, the addition of fluoride in the public water supply (with the intentions of preventing tooth decay). This fall there will be a municipal vote in my city on this decision. Our public health system believe that the small minority of people who are uneducated about dental hygiene makes the fluoridation of everyone's water necessary and legit. Now, I'm a firm believer in keeping water clear of chemicals, not onl