Year: 2020
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Wildcrafting Salmon with Sorrel Sauce
Sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella) is one of the first wild edible plants I learned and began foraging on my own. This small plant is surprisingly tasty, with a pleasant sour burst. You can eat it plain or sprinkle it on a salad to boost flavor. Identification Habitat: A native plant to Europe, Asia, and the…
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Foraging for Backyard Quinoa
A little-known foraging secret is that you can find wild quinoa right here in the United States! Common names of this awesome edible include goosefoot, lambs quarters, and pigweed, sometimes even fat hen. It’s Latin name is Chenopodium album is in the same Family and Genus as the quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) you can buy at…
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Wildcrafting Acorn Flour
One of the things that comes to my mind when I think about fall is acorn flour! Acorns are an amazing survival food that has been used during hard times in Europe and the United states. It’s abundant, free, and easy to gather lots of them quickly. There are many tricks that can help you…
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Live Longer with Turkey Tail Mushrooms
Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) is a common mushroom in North America as well as other parts of the world. One of the best things is that its available 8 months out of the year whereas most mushrooms are only available for a few days to up to two months of the year! You’ll want to…
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Foraging for Oyster Mushrooms
Oyster Mushrooms are one of the easiest wild mushrooms to identify. They grow exclusively on wood, either living or dead. Do not harvest them unless clearly on wood. They also always have white or light colored gills that run down their stem. They like cool weather, so look for them in the spring and fall.…
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How to Forage for Burdock
Burdock (Arctium spp) is a genus of the plant kingdom that is found all over the world with both edible and medicinal uses. Burdock and I go way back to my college days when my knowledge of the natural world grew very rapidly. The sweet smell of burdock flowers and rough burs covered a patch…
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Foraging for Chicken of the Woods
As fall blows in with the sudden blast of cold this past week, it’s time to start thinking about and keeping a look out for fall mushrooms. Just like plants, mushrooms are usually seasonal, with a few exceptions. You’ll see far more mushrooms in the fall than in the spring, so it’s a great time…
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Wildcrafting Depression Treatment
The herb I’m about to share has taken the herbal market by storm in recent years. Many people are turning to natural cures rather than prescription based ones that cause a lengthy list of hazardous side affects. The good new is with a little time learning to harvest or grow your own herbs, you can…
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Wildcrafting Bitters
A bitters once was a common drink consumed regularly by nearly everyone in the modern world. A bitters (plural is also bitters) is traditionally an alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical matter so that the end result is characterized by a bitter, sour, or bittersweet flavor. Numerous longstanding brands of bitters were originally developed as patent…
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Late summer is a great time to harvest, harvest, harvest! My number one tip for beginners is to harvest everything you know is medicinal or edible now or the plants listed in my articles and hang them up to dry in your house. You can use them for medicine as you learn about their uses…