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Learn all about foraging and harvesting wild foods in the environment around us! Basic knowledge, tips, and recipes for foragers of every skill level!

freshkly washed fiddleheads on a wooden cutting board, ready for cooking

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How To Clean and Cook Fiddleheads

If you’ve never tried fiddleheads, your’re missing out! Fiddleheads are a delicate wild spring vegetable, only available for a few weeks every year. They have been considered a delicacy for centuries across North America, Europe, and even Asia, and have been prized by chefs for their symbolism of spring, eating […]

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Wild Rose Hip Tea

Once a very popular forageable food item, rose hips or rose haw are an excellent choice for anyone wanting start foraging. Women and children were encouraged to harvest these wild fruits, and grew roses in early kitchen gardens for easy access. They are a great source of natural Vitamin C […]

Three easy ways to preserve herbs from your garden.

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3 Easy Ways of Preserving Herbs from the Garden

By now,(end of July) your home food garden is probably in full swing. Using raised garden beds and cold frames ensures you always have more then enough produce and herbs to work with in the kitchen. This makes it the ideal time of year to start thinking about the cold […]

Let spruce tea steep for 10 to 15 minutes before adding the honey and lime for a delicious and healthy beverage.

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Spruce Tea with Honey & Lime

Being able to use the resources the earth provides us is a big part of what Earth, Food, and Fire is all about. Everything we need to survive and thrive is naturally provided to us… if we know where to look of course. Being able to grow a garden for your […]

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Making Maple Syrup – A DIY Guide

Something I really wanted to post about this spring but haven’t been able to do myself due to a shortage of maple trees on my property, is how to make maple syrup at home! Who doesn’t love good maple syrup and the prices just seem to keep going up in […]