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Woohoo, Corn Smut!!!!!!!!
I just found a few ears colonized by the "Mexican truffle"! It is heirloom sweet corn, so even raw, the Huitacoche fungus tastes like super rich, earthy, sweet corn. I'm going to put it on a Margarita Pizza with heirloom tomatoes and home grown basil... If I find anymore I'll make Cream of Corn Smut soup and maybe some…
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Mulberry leaf tea
Very helpful to know, since I have several mulberry trees.
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Black Medic?
Never heard of this one before. Amazing what you've seen and never really looked at.
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Tip for freezing berries
When you have more berries than you can eat fresh or use in James, jellies, and preserves, you will want to freeze the rest. But if you just dump the berries in a bag or plastic container and then freeze them, they will form a solid mass and you will have to thaw the entire bag when ready to use them, creating a mushy mess…
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Seaweed Therapeutics - Course Notes
Seaweed Therapeutics This was a really good course. Info on food & medicinal uses but also on topical use for skin care & relaxation as well as how good seaweed is for the planet. I certainly know a lot more about seaweed than I used to and I am looking forward to my next trip to a coastal area. I encourage anyone who…
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Ferns help keeping feet light during long trails
the weather is nice and together with our friends we went on a long hike up a mountain. After 4-5 hours one starts feeling the heaviness of the feet and then I remembered Father Johannes Künzle’s advice to put ferns into the shoes. I did, my friend as well. Believe it or not, call it placebo or not, but the feet got…
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Show 39: Monarda, Saint John's Wort and Yarrow
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Uses for Dodder?
Has anyone used dodder for food or medicine or any other useful purpose? I just passed by one of my nettle patches a bit ago and noticed the nettles were covered in what looked like yellow twine, Took a closer look, and realized it must be dodder--I've only seen it in photos until now. Have no idea how it suddenly appeared…
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Hawthorn: Tell Me More
We are seeing the bright fruit of hawthorn everywhere lately and have seen some on organic land. We most likely will easily be able to get access to harvest them. Tell me more. When is the best time to harvest the berries, leaves (I read use only young ones), flowers (buds, young, are old not okay)? It is fall here & our…
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Forageable plants to add sugar to a survival diet
8 plants that can be used to add sugar to your diet. Some that I have heard of, some that are new.
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Plantain Hummus
As if there weren't already a jillion uses for plantain,,,,I never thought of hummus, but this sounds as good as it is healthy. Good thing plantain is plentiful! And I don't see why you couldn't just as well use broadleaf plantain? And on another page these guys recommend you sprout your chickpeas before you make hummus…
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So-so blackberries?
I was so excited to find loads and loads of little blackberries. This is earlier in the season than I’m used to finding them, but I’m in a new area so that isn’t surprising. I picked at least a quart this morning, but they are tart at best, and at worst a little flavorless with almost a bitter aftertaste. I’m wondering if…
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Red clover: Uses and a few recipes
@Marjory Wildcraft had a good article on red clover this week. Its my main time to harvest red clover so this article was perfect timing harvesting and ideas for uses and saving. If you misses it, here is the link. https://thegrownetwork.com/benefits-of-red-clover
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How Many Uses for Cattails Are There?
Seems like we'd have a thread just for cattails, but I couldn't find one--lots of mentions on other threads, but how about pulling it all together in one place? Here' a good starter--
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Hawthorn flowers & leaves & course offered
Rosalee has a video available that covers the medicinal use of hawthorn flowers and leaves. A course is offered as well on this same page. https://www.herbalremediesadvice.org/benefits-of-hawthorn-flowers.html My question is, can these be dried/tinctured/preserved on some way and still retain their medicinal qualities for…
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Found a squirrel's Hazelnut stash; is it edible?
While weeding my asparagus garden I found a stash of hazelnuts and then noticed many more lying around. Are they edible? They were, obviously, frozen for many months (we're in Ontario).
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Show 34: Summer Foraging Show
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Clover Blossom Quandary
The clover is coming into bloom here now, but I can't decide which blossoms to gather. I found a large and lush stand of beautiful red clover in bloom, but it is growing right along the side of the road along the front of my property. All the clover that I've found so far growing far enough up from the road that I know…
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Todays wildcrafting harvest: a whole lot of Mimosa!
I spent about an hour this afternoon "volunteering to help prune some trees" at a 300 year old cemetery in central NC... it was 90 degrees, but I enjoyed it. There were even some ripe blackberries growing nearby. Mimosa flowers, leaves, stems and bark are very useful herbally - they reduce mast cells, which helps with…
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Elderflower sirup
I have just finished making elderflower sirup. I hope it will last until next elderflower season. I collected 20-30 elderflowers. They should be very fresh and very fragrant. I spread them on a sheet outside, so that all insects can escape, then checked each and every. I never wash elderflower as they loose so much if…
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Free Wild Foraging Webinar via the Herbal Academy June 17/21
This webinar is to get you interested in their paid course "Summer Foraging and Botany Package", but it should be a good webinar and its free.
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Foraging and propagating plants
I just came across these two articles--interesting lists, and they have links to other useful articles. I sometimes think you have to take this guy with a grain of salt though--the photo of the plantain bandage in the "Wild Plants" article looks at least a bit odd to me...
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Harvest Medicinal Trees in Your Backyard
Juliet Blankespoor from the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine wrote this article for the Mother Earth News but has re-published it as a blog article for the school. There is a link to sustainable foraging guidelines at the end of the article.
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Fir spruce tips cake. I made one!
Fir spruce tips cake. I made one! It tastes wonderful of conifer forest on a warm day! I found this recipe and wanted to try it out. This is the original recipe: -1 cup of yogurt (here 0.5l) -1 cup of flour -1 cup of sugar -1.5 cups of chopped young spruce or fir shoots -Some oil -4 eggs -1 packet of baking powder -If you…
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Plants For A Future (PFAF) database
Here you can find all types of edible plants by their parts & much more.
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Spruce buds
Just came in from picking a nice bunch of beautiful spruce buds. My intent was just to dry them for later. Got me thinking that this group likely has lots of awesome ideas. I hear they are loaded with vitamin C. I added them fresh into a handful of nuts and dried fruits I happened to have with me for snack. My tastebuds…
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Wild sage. Do you use it? How?
Wild sage (salvia pratensis) is in full blossom in our Alpine meadows. I collect it every year and use it in my herbal infusions, because of its mild taste, the deep purple colour of the blossoms, because it’s ethereal oils are so good for respiratory tract. Sometimes I add it to my summer wild flower lemonades. So far I…
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Sugar Plants
This is mostly about plants for natural chewing gums, but it is an interesting list. The two that have me stumped are Red Grass and Skeleton Weed. According to this they should grow around here, but I can't place either of them.
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Spring Greens Vinegar and Oxymel
These recipes is from the Herbal academy. I made one today and will start on the other one as soon as I dry more ingredients. Spring Greens Vinegar Herbal vinegars are a simple and delicious way to preserve wild herbs! Since minerals are readily extracted by vinegar, herbal vinegars are also the perfect preparation for…
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PURSLANE: HEALTH BENEFITS AND RECIPES
