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Autumn Olive and Cream Cheese Puff Pastry
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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,…
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Violet Thumbprint Cookies
Common blue violet (Viola sororia) is one of my childhood favorite plants. I spent many barefoot, summer days in my hammock under a mimosa tree watching the hummingbirds flit here and there and reading…
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Field Garlic Hash Browns
[mepr-show rules=”4707″ unauth=”message”] I’m hooked on these delicious Field Garlic Hash Browns. So easy to make, be sure to make this crowd-pleaser before the heat of the spring and summer dries out all of the…
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Wild Garlic Butter
[mepr-show rules=”4707″ unauth=”message”] Have you ever been walking through the woods and smelled the strong scent of onion? Well, I have! We have several species of wild onion in the eastern U.S. The most important…
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Peppermint
Another example of a great medicinal plant is peppermint, which is a mainstay of gardens and often found straying into wooded lots. Peppermint cools your skin, so if you put it on your forehead, it…
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About the Founder
Raising kids connected to nature is a natural perk in running this school!
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Spicebush Ice Cream
[mepr-show rules=”4707″ unauth=”message”] Spicebush Ice Cream has a flavor unlike anything else you’ve had before. You can make the flavor strong or mild. Some people say it’s a little bit like nutmeg . . . …
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Amazing Weed Salad
I love weeds! There’s nothing like pulling weeds in your herb or vegetable garden and bringing them in to eat! If you eat your weeds, you can produce so much more food for your family…
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Kids Fall in Love With Nature for Life Before Age Six
The squeal of excitement as my child finds a slug. The exhilaration on her face as she splashes through a stream. The exuberance as she climbs a steep mountain at a sprint, loaded down with…
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Common Violet
Violet (Violaceae Viola spp.) is a mild tasting and common plant in the eastern U.S. You can collect the flowers and eat them raw or if you can collect 5 – 6 cups of them,…
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Jewelweed
Did you know that there is free, over-the-counter medicine waiting just outside your doorstep? Plants! We all probably learned that medicinal plants were used by people all over the world before modern medicine? Many of…
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12 Tips for Staying Warm This Winter
This year with the extreme temperatures, even the toughest nature-lovers and survivalists may find themselves devolving into winter hermits, huddling under a fleece blanket by the fire. Over a decade ago, I learned the hard…
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