The cleavers plant is an early spring edible with useful medicinal properties, one of many wild herbs and herbal remedies…
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Sour Grass, Wood Sorrel: 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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How to Make Dandelion Tea 3 Delicious Ways {Benefits & Recipes}
Ever tried dandelion tea? It may sound a little odd to the uninitiated, but dandelion tea has numerous health benefits,…
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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 and gill over the ground — has many…
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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. 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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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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20 Delicious Purslane Recipes {Verdolaga Recipes}
Great news if you hate weeding! Purslane — known as verdolaga or verdolagas in Mexico, where it’s a popular staple…
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The Best Foraged Berry You’ve Never Heard Of
Whether you call these yummy purple fruits saskatoon berries, juneberries, serviceberries, shadbush, or something else entirely, when you taste your…
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Spruce Tea ~ A Delicious Way to Fight Colds
You may have a potent cold remedy growing in your yard right now, even on the coldest day of winter….
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