Real Food, From Scratch
Learn all about foraging and harvesting wild foods in the environment around us! Basic knowledge, tips, and recipes for foragers of every skill level!
Discover what chaga is, how to harvest chaga mushroom yourself, and what to do with it afterwards.
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 […]
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. Rose hips are fantastic when used in jelly, tea, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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