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raw freshly foraged chaga pices on a wooden stump

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Harvesting Chaga & How To Use It

Discover what chaga is, how to harvest chaga mushroom yourself, and what to do with it afterwards.

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. They are easy to identify, and traditionally, women and children were encouraged to harvest these wild fruits and grow roses in early kitchen gardens for easy access. Rose hips […]

a bunch of sage on a wooden board with twine and a knife

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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

A simple wild foraged herbal tea, spruce tea can be enjoyed year round, and is a great natural source of Vitamin C. Learn how to identify various evergreen trees, and how to use them in teas with this simple guide. Being able to use the resources the earth provides us […]