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Edible Weeds
Survival Food and Wild Edibles
Nov 19, 2012
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Learning how to identify wild edible plants is fun and it is a skill. Combine the learning process with learning how to make a fire and it makes for a memorable day!
Read MoreSaving Survival Seeds
Saving survival seeds is one of things we can do for emergency preparedness, but what seeds are you saving? What if there is no rain to grow them? Wild plant seeds should be in your emergency seed stash.
Read MoreWild Edibles Walk a Success
Edible tours are always enjoyable but on August 30th it was extra special. Walking through Lore Gardens with dozens of interested adults and children made this edible tour, one I shall never forget.
Read MoreLamb’s Quarters: Roast Those Soft Stems!
Aug 30, 2012
When cooking edible wild foods leave no edible part behind! Maximizing lamb's quarters is easy and tasty! Using the leaves provides us with amazing nutrition, but so do the soft stems! Don't green bin them - roast them!
Read MoreFields of Nutrition
Fields of Nutrition is a pocket-sized magazine that has thirty wild edibles commonly found in many countries around the world. Each edible plant comes with detailed description along with close-up images for easy identification. Each wild plant also includes health benefits and minera
Read MoreWhat Garlic Mustard Does to Gardens
This is a guest blog written by Chris Eirschele. I come at garlic mustard from the perspective of a master gardener, the type of volunteers often charged with pulling out the plants by their blooms each spring. The herb, unwanted around native plants at wooded gardens all over Wiscon
Read MoreWeed Ecology 101
Weeds are plants that tell us where they want to grow – and there is a reason for this; they know better than we do! Sometimes they get a tad exuberant and they cross the line to become somewhat aggressive; but make no mistake, planet Earth is as much their home as it is ours.
Read MoreDandelions: Can’t Beat Them So Eat Them!
Apr 24, 2012
Dandelion flowers are open once again and although these are viewed as a nuisance to some people – they add a cheerful colour to the landscape and are amazingly good for our health. In fact, dandelion greens are sold in most grocery stores nowadays! Some people consider dandelions a w
Read MoreEating Garlic Mustard is a Win-Win
Garlic mustard is a wild edible that has earned the title of being invasive in many geographical areas. However, garlic mustard greens are very nutritious as they have substantial amounts of vitamins A, C, E and some of the B vitamins. In addition, it contains potassium, calcium, magn
Read MoreFood Matters
Food really matters – and with two out of three cancers being related to food choices there is a wake-up call for all of us to start reading labels and stop putting faith into the system. Many items are approved by government agencies, yet whether these items act alone or synergistica
Read MoreNutrition – Nature’s Way
Innovative ways to take care of your heart and your skin are in the first issue of Nutrition - Nature's Way! Never before have edible weeds been looked at this comprehensively as a possible means to help keep your heart healthy.
Taking care of your skin naturally is the simplest, m
Read MoreJoe Pye Weed: The Man Behind The Plant
So many credible books on native North American flora often share the same story about Joe Pye yet seldom provide sourced information. Was Joe Pye a real person and if so, who was he?
Many websites and books refer to Joe Pye as being a Native medicine man from Salem, Massachusetts
Read MoreAutumn Weeds: Plants in Autumn
Plants in autumn provide windows of wildcrafting opportunity for the fervent forager. Pickings are getting slim, but depending on where you live, there are still ample opportunities to collect autumn weeds before the frost hits.
Where I live, September brought some amazing temperat
Read MoreWinter Survival Food
