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garlic mustard
D.I.Y. Green Smoothie Powder
Jun 01, 2018
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Green smoothie powders are very expensive yet can provide us with a lot of badly-needed nutrients. Take control of your health and your budget by making your own green smoothie powder! The ingredients are free and all you need to invest is a little time.
Read MoreIn Defence of Invasive Plants
Our planet is constantly evolving and that means many plants have become extinct over the eons. Many more will follow. Instead of fighting against nature, we should be working with it in order to better sustain local ecosystems.
Read MoreSustainable Harvesting
New plant and fungi growth is something foragers anxiously await every spring. Spring is a time to unleash the months of dormancy by getting out there and collecting fresh produce. Unfortunately, the greed of some foragers can be more important to them than following the rules of sust
Read MoreAncient Garlic Mustard
Garlic mustard has a very long history of use that dates back to the Stone Age. Archeologists from the University of York in the UK discovered that garlic mustard seeds were used as a seasoning 6,000 years ago.
Read MoreSurvival Food and Wild Edibles
Nov 19, 2012
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 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 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 MoreWinter Survival Food
