Category: Foraging
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Foraging for Thanksgiving
What’s a better way to get into the Thanksgiving than foraging? Reconnect with your ancestors and kindle your feeling of thankfulness by taking a walk in a nearby park, field, or forest and foraging a few easy plants to add amazing flavor and nutrition to your holiday! Chickweed Pesto Chickweed (Stellaria media) is an amazing
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Foraging Common Blue Violet
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White Clover Iced Tea
White Clover is a common garden and lawn “weed.” However, it is edible and makes a tasty, nutricious, and medicinal tea! Identification: Leaves: 3 elliptical leaflets together on one stalk; occationally a 4 leaf clover can be found Flowers: Bloom from March October. Flowers are white and turn brown over time. They are 8 mm
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12 Ways to Save Money by Foraging
With inflation what it is today, most of us are looking for ways to save a buck here and there on food. Since gardening can be a costly endeaver after buying land, topsoil, garden tools, seeds, and putting in hours of your time into it, foraging can be a great alternative. The only expense in
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Poisonous Dogbane
Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum), also called Hemp Dogbane, is a very useful wild plant, but also very poisonous. It can be deadly to pets, so you really don’t want it in your yard. However, it can be used to make very strong, very thin string, so it’s a great survival plant to know. Habitat: Wetlands, ditches,
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Wildcrafting Lion’s Mane
Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus) is a mushroom that grows wild throughout much of the United State, Europe, and Asia. It can be found on decaying hardwood trees, such as oak and hickory. Generally, when you find Lion’s Mane, it will be far up the side of a tree, but occasionally you can reach it. This
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Maitake Risotto
Maitake Mushrooms, or Hen of the Woods, are commonly found in the deciduous, mature woods in North America, Japan, and China. It grows at the base of oaks, elm, and maple trees. It can be cultivated at home, though the wild one usually fair better. They are usually found in the fall. This is also
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Foraging Hen of the Woods
Hen of the Woods (Grifola frondosa), also known as maitake, is very common in North America and easy to identify. One mushroom can be quite large, giving you enough to last a few days. You can find Hen of the Woods at many Asian stores, Wegman’s, and many other grocery stores, especially fancier ones. The
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Foraging for Cat’s Ear
Cat’s Ear (Hypochaeris radicata) is a common, perennial weed you’ll find in gardens and lawns, along with dandelion. The funny thing about Cat’s Ear is at first glance, it looks just like dandelion especially when in bloom. But, upon closer inspection, the leaves are fuzzy and lack the pointy teeth on the leaves. There also
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Foraging Winter Cress
Learn how to forage wild cress! There are many different types of cress, all in the family Brassicaceae, commonly referred to as brassicas or the mustard family. The Brassica genus includes many well-known vegetables like cabbage, kale, broccoli, and mustard, but some species have parts that are tough, bitter, or even mildly toxic in large