Foraging
How to Make Your First Herbal Tincture (Step by Step)
A step-by-step guide to making your first herbal tincture the old folk way — the four things you need, the ratio I use, and the mistakes…
Foraging
Foraging for Beginners: How to Start Without Poisoning Yourself
A safety-first beginner's guide to foraging — the rules that keep you whole, the few tools worth carrying, and how to start small without poisoning yourself.
Foraging
The Foraging Field Guides Worth Owning (and Which to Skip)
Three foraging field guides I'd actually put in a beginner's hands, what each one is good for, and the kinds of books I'd leave on the…
Foraging
Air-Drying vs. a Dehydrator: Preserving Wild Herbs for Winter
Air-drying or a dehydrator for your wild herbs? After thirty years in the wet Pacific Northwest, here's when I hang and when I plug in —…
Foraging
The 5 Tools I Never Forage Without (and the One That’s Just for Pretty Pictures)
After thirty years foraging the Olympic Peninsula, here are the five tools I actually carry — a knife, a digger, gloves, a loupe, and one I…