The cleavers plant is an early spring edible with useful medicinal properties, one of many herbal remedies you can find…
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Wood Sorrel / Sour Grass: An Edible & Medicinal Wild Plant
Wood sorrel — better known to some as sour grass or shamrock — is a common edible weed worth getting…
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Spruce Tip Recipes: 25 Inspiring Ways to Use Foraged Spruce Tips
Wondering what to do with those delicious spruce tips you foraged? Here are 25 inspiring spruce tip recipes to make…
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Creeping Charlie Uses ~ Get to Know this Overlooked Edible & Medicinal Herb!
The common garden weed creeping Charlie (also known as ground ivy) has many overlooked medicinal and culinary uses. Though it…
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Best Foraging Books for the Forager’s Bookshelf
Interested in foraging wild plants for food and homemade medicines? These books on foraging will help you confidently and correctly…
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How to Make Pine Needle Tea (& Why You’d Want to)
Bright and refreshing pine needle tea not only tastes delicious, it’s also rich in compounds linked to better health. And…
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Flowers You Can Eat ~ 150 Edible Flowers to Try This Season
When most of us start tallying the ingredients we have on hand for dinner, edible flowers don’t tend to be…
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Foraging & Using Spruce Tips, a Delicious Spring Edible
This tasty foraged ingredient is easy to find and abundant for a short time in mid to late spring. Here’s…
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Virginia Waterleaf, an Early Edible Wild Plant
Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum) is an easily-recognized edible plant that appears early in spring, great for eager foragers awaiting the…
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35+ Ways to Eat Dandelions (& Why You’d Want To)
While most of us were taught to loathe this tenacious garden invader, it turns out dandelions have much to recommend…
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How to Identify Elderberry Plants for Delicious Foraged Food
Ever foraged elderberries before? Elderberries are easy to find in many parts of the world, and they’re really fun to…
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How to find elderflower growing near you & what to do with it
Is it elderflower season where you are? If so, fragrant and medicinal elderberry blossoms are everywhere! Help yourself to some…
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