Author: Alison Meehan
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Wildcrafting Yarrow
Yarrow is a powerful edible and medicinal herb commonly found in the United States and temperate climates all over the world. It’s most often found in gardens, meadows, fields, forest edges, and disturbed areas. Yarrow (Archillea millefolium) can be found year-round in temperate climates. The white, flower bunches can be found in late spring or…
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12 Fall Wild Fruits You Can Forage
Wild fruit is perhaps my favorite wild edible to harvest. Don’t think that harvesting ends in spring or summer. Fall is an excellent time to get outside and forage – it isn’t nicknamed harvest season for nothing. 1. Persimmons One of my personal favorites, this was named “The Fruit of the Gods” and so the…
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Foraging Red Clover
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) is a native plant to the United States that is often grown in pastures. It’s a plant many people may remember from the scene in Bambi, where Thumber is about to eat a flower, but his mother reminds him to eat his greens first. All parts are, of course, healthy. It…
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Reishi is a wild and cultivated mushroom you can find in hardwood forests in North America and Asia. It has been used for thousands of years in Eastern Asia to boost the immune system and prevent disease. If you buy it at an Asian grocery store, it will be called “lingzhi” and look like the…
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Wineberry Video Lesson
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Purple Deadnettle versus Henbit
Learn how to tell the difference between purple deadnettle and henbit, close relatives in the Lamium genus. Watch this video on YouTube.Thank You for Subscribing to Our Budding YouTube Channel! Click here
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How to Survive the Trumpocalypse
Whether you voted for Trump or not, some disconcerting things are happening in this country. Refusal to help a United Nations ally, Ukraine, mass firings of Federal workers, ending cancer research and the grants for many other scientific studies, firing all the generals and other heads of the military, and replacing them with people who…
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Foraging Garlic Mustard Video
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Foraging for Ramps
Ramps are a commonly known wild edible plant especially because chefs love them for their flavor. The taste is reminiscent of leeks are great in a variety of dishes. You’ll find these spreading out on a forest floor for large patches, making it a great plant to know. Special Note: Plase be aware over-harvesting this…
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Learn to forage prickly pear
Prickly pear is a cool hazardous plants to have in your garden. The worst you’ll get is an annoying prick on your skin (or a bunch of them) that are super hard to get out, but it’s really cool to watch grow and a super easy beginner plant. It makes a great doomsday hedge to…