Show 6: Wildcrafting and Foraging, Part 1
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Well done! Great comments about carrying field guides. All of the herbalists, wildcrafters & foragers, botanists, biologists, mycologists, forestry management workers, etc. that I know (regardless of how much training they have) carry field guides with them.
Particularly liked that you talked about trees. People forget about those when foraging. And good ones to start with. Pine needles make a very tasty tea. The big three, Pine, Spruce and Fir species are all great medicines.
Good cautions about harvesting Ghost Pipe. It is a medicine that is not commonly used so you need very little.
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Thanks, Torey! Ghost Pipe is a very useful herb, but way too easy to over harvest. I never tell people where I find it.
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Thanks for this link.
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You are most welcome!
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Wonderful podcast!
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Thanks!
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@judsoncarroll4 any chance you would be willing to post some details of field guides that you recommend?
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Sure, in general it is Audubon, Peterson, Euell Gibbons and Bradford Angier. There are several I use that are NC or Appalachian specific, too.
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@judsoncarroll4 thank you very much!
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Thank you for the list of field guides.
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Sure, no problem!
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Oh I'm so glad someone else asked about field guides because that was going to be my question.
@judsoncarroll4 Thanks for sharing your recommendations for which ones to use.😊
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For anyone interested in Field Guides there is also a list at: https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/845472/trusted-books-of-our-herbalist-practitioner-members#latest
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Thank you for the information on the best field guides-now can get started on a good footing.
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Definitely! Be sure to check for some specific to your area, too. I've found several for NC, TN and SC, which is my region. I have several that are Appalachian specific and one that even tells what wildflowers to look for at each milepost of the Blue Ridge Parkway! There is one specific to the Carolina sandhills region and several for the coast and swamps. Most states don't have the diversity of NC though, so you may not need as many. Keep listening to my podcast though, because as spring comes in the focus will be much larger on wildcrafting and foraging.
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@judsoncarroll4 Seeing as I live in SC I'm interested in the field guides that you specifically use. Could you please share which ones they are?😊
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SC specific:
A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina
A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region: North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Regional:
Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and the Southern Appalachians
Wild Flowers of North Carolina by William S. Justice; C. Ritchie Bell
a field guide to mushrooms of the carolinas
Appalachian Mushrooms: A Field Guide
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