Tag: Homesteading
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Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) is one of my favorite wild edible berries to forage, but one that I do not recommend planting in your yard or on your farm as it is highly invasive. Luckily, you can find these easily enough on old farms. Foraging these tiny berries is a super fun activity to…
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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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Foraging for Morels
Morels (Morchella spp.) are a common beginner mushroom. They are highly sought after by chefs and foodies alike because their meaty texture and nutty flavor appeals even to mushroom haters, but cannot be easily grown commercially. They grow best in wooded environments, especially under dead or decaying tulip poplars, ash, sycamore, elm, and apple tress.…
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Foraging Wild Elderberry
American Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) is commonly found throughout eastern and central North America. It is commonly found along streambanks, meadows, woodland edges, and roadsides. It’s both edible and medicinal, though particualarly prized for its medicinal value. The European version of elderberry looks very similar, but mainly the flowers are harvested for medicine, whereas the North…
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How to Find, Purify, and Store Water When Youโre Truly on Your Own You can survive weeks without food. You can survive two to three days without water. First, a little story – Have you heard of the ultramarathon runner, Mauro Prosperi, who became lost in the desert during a sandstorm while on a race…
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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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How to Bring Play Back to Childhood
We are experiencing a massive PLAY deficit among children. This means that kids are more likely to become anxious, depressed, and have poor emotional regulation, be less creative, able to problem-solve less well, have lower IQโs, have reduced social skills, and more. Iโm not just talking about play in the streets, in backyards, and parks.…
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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…
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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 novels – while eating violet leaves and flowers below me whenever I’d get hungry. I remember begging my dad to…