Year: 2020
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Purple Dead Nettle
Purple Dead Nettle (Lamium purpureum) is a common weed in most yards in the United States. It is both edible and medicinal – and most people have no idea this powerful is right in their own backyards! With its ability to fight skin imperfections, It can improve the tone of your skin with daily wear.…
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Yarrow
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is one of the most important wild medicinal herbs you need to know! It was used during the Civil War and the Revolutionary War to heal wounds. Identification Leaves: Compound, ornate, feather, and downy leaves. They are very soft to the touch and when you crush one and smell it, the scent…
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Lavender Rosemary Soap
Making homemade soap will bring you back in time. There’s nothing like the scent of freshly made, scented soap. There’s an art to it since you can use whatever herbs or combination of herbs you want! I first made soap as a kid with my mom. We made several different kinds each with their own…
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Foraging Introduction
Location Pick a location that has not been sprayed with pesticides and that you are allowed to forage on. Most parks do not allow foraging, so your backyard is best or a friendโs yard if you have asked permission first. Identification Make sure you are 100% sure you have the right plant. We’ll dive a…
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Indian Strawberry Salad
[mepr-show rules=”4707″ unauth=”message”] Indian strawberry (also called Mock strawberry), Rosaceae Potentilla indica, also Rosaceae Duchesnea indica is a super fun plant that sometimes even seasoned foragers dismiss. The thing about this small berry is some years, it has very little taste. But when the spring is dry, the fruit is quite sweet. This year it’s…
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Wild Field Garlic Salad Dressing
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Wildcrafting Online Membership
COVID-19 has forced my hand. Like many of you, I’m trying to find a new way of living that still includes the things I love. I miss my in-person courses dearly and I believe in getting people outside as much as possible, but with the way things are right now, I’ve decided include online training…
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Spring Beauty
[mepr-show rules=”4707″ unauth=”message”] Spring Beauty is an amazing, quite common plant in the Eastern U.S. There are many different species of Spring Beauty, but the primary thing to look for is 5 white petals with pink streaking through them. Some species have larger leaves. The ones I find in my yard are somewhat grass-like they…
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Tracks and Roots Youtube channel
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Tracking – The Journey of Discovery
Since you have lots of alone and/or family time right now, it’s a perfect time to start learning and looking for animal tracks! I LOVE tracking and to me, it’s about learning about wild animals and ecosystems, not necessarily about hunting. Identifying new animal tracks, discovering where animals go in the forest, where they sleep,…