Foraging – Tracks and Roots

Wildcrafting Wild Greens Pizza

Alison Meehan, May 12, 2024, Foraging, 3

Making homemead wild greens pizza is super fun because pizza is such a popular food in America and it’s a great way to make it healthier, organic, and at least partially locally. I’m not always up to super long, complicated dinners especially with minding our 3 kids at the...

Wildcrafting Chickweed Pesto

Alison Meehan, May 9, 2024, Foraging, Foraging, Survival, Wild Herbs, Wilderness, 1

Chickweed (Stellaria media) is an amazing plant that grows all over many yards, parks, under trees, etc in the Eastern U.S. It can be tricky to find because it’s seasonal, coming up early winter and then dying back when it gets too hot. So now’s the time to head...

Wildcrafting Anti-Carcinogenic Reishi Tincture

Alison Meehan, May 1, 2024, Foraging, Wildcrafting Members, Foraging, Herbal Medicine, Herbs, Medicinal Mushrooms, Medicinal Plants, Mushrooms, Reishi Tincture, Tinctures, wildcrafting, 0

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...

Knotweed Cake

Alison Meehan, April 10, 2024, Foraging, doomsday, Foraging, invasive species, Outdoors, prepping, Survival, 0

For several years, I’ve attempted to use knotweed in savory dishes, but it is simply not best for that. It tastes a bit like rhubarb. Sour and tasty, especially with sugar. Knotweed is an excellent plant to know because it is highly invasive and the more people who are...

Harry Potter-Inpired Victoria Sponge Cake

Alison Meehan, March 20, 2024, Foraging, adventure RVA, Cooking, Cooking classes, food blog, Food bloggin, Food blogging, forage RVA, Foraging, foraging courses, Foraging in Richmnd, Foraging in Virginia, Get Outside, Herbal Medicine, Homeschooling, Jam, Richmond, Survival, Things to Do, Virginia, Whole fods, 0

One of our favorite cookbooks is The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook by Dinah Bucholz. We made at least one dish from this book every week and have been steadily making our way through all of the recipes! If you don’t have her book and love to cook and/or love...

The Mushroom Foragers Worst Enemy – Amanita Section Phalloideae

Alison Meehan, December 6, 2023, Foraging, Open Content, 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYi4vpOGm9k

Foraging Hen of the Woods

Alison Meehan, November 29, 2023, Foraging, Foraging, Foraging maitake, hen of the woods, 0

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...

Purple Deadnettle versus Henbit

Alison Meehan, May 9, 2023, Explore, Foraging, Wildcrafting Members, Backyard foraging, Foraging, Homesteading, permaculture, Purple Deadnettle, Survival, wildcrafting, 0

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