Category: Foraging

Which Pine Trees are Poisonous

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Which Pine Trees are Poisonous   We previous featured an article on the edible pine. See it HERE But I noticed the featured article didn’t go into depth about which pine trees are safe and which aren’t!. Before you ever eat anything foraged please insure you know exactly what …

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Foraging Mullein

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Foraging Mullein I don’t know about the rest of you and I would never assume to speak for anyone other than myself, but I often wonder if we all adjusted our ideas on food if there would not then be enough for everyone. Even in the richest of western …

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Why Harvest Purslane

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Why Harvest Purslane I am so angry at myself for not learning this sooner! I have spent hours pulling these “weeds” out of my gardens. Now I find that they are so much more than weeds and have more nutrition then many of the traditional vegetables I worked so hard to …

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30 Bugs You Can Eat For Survival

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 30 Bugs You Can Eat For Survival I know humans need protein to survive, I am a picky meat eater, but I do eat meat. However, the idea of eating bugs if there is anything else to eat is out of my personal comfort range. There are a lot of cultures that …

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MIY Echinacea Tincture

Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Echinacea Tincture I love Echinacea! It is my favorite herbal remedy. In the featured article from Reformation Acres talks about making your own tincture for the primary reason of boosting your immune system and helping you recover from colds quicker. However, I am of the opinion (from my …

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Dandelion Recipes

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Dandelion Recipes More and more people are rediscovering the lowly dandelion as much more than an annoying weed but rather a viable sustainable food source. Even tasty if you know what to do with them! Although you could simply pull them out of the ground rinse them and start …

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Forgotten Plants our Ancestors Used to Eat

Forgotten Plants our Ancestors Used to Eat

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Forgotten Plants our Ancestors Used to Eat Out of the thousands of edible plants on the earth, humans at this time choose only to consume and cultivate 500 or them! The featured article talks only about 5 of those most common and now forgotten plants that humans have for the …

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Survival Tips if Lost in the Woods

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Survival Tips if Lost in the Woods For Adults and Children This post could be of particular interest to those who plan to have camping, hiking, or foraging trips this summer and to those whose SHTF plans A or B include bugging out. I know we try extremely hard …

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How to Eat a Tree – Edible pine

Some posts may contain affiliate links. How to Eat a Tree Edible pine We hear about starving people eating trees and grass etc.. to prevent starvation. But Native American‘s used to eat white pine all the time! The majority of this tree is edible. The needles can be made into a soothing tea and the …

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The 9 Most Dangerous Plants in the World

Some posts may contain affiliate links. The 9 Most Dangerous Plants in the World These plants are scary to say the least! The featured article actually shows a Australian host “testing” to see if the rumored pain caused by the Gympie plant is as bad as he had been told. Please, Please, don’t repeat his error and …

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