Foraging
How to Forage and Use Beech Bark in Appalachia, Without Harm
How to know the American beech in Appalachia, why you never strip a living tree, how to gather fallen bark and twigs for winter, and how…
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How to Forage and Use Bigleaf Maple Leaf in the Pacific Northwest
How to forage bigleaf maple leaf in the Pacific Northwest: how to know the tree, when to pick, how to dry and store the leaf, and…
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How to Forage and Use Persimmon Bark in the Appalachians
Persimmon bark in the southern Appalachians: how to know the tree, gather bark without harming it, dry it, and prepare a traditional decoction, safely.
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How to Forage and Use Shepherd’s Purse, a Humble Spring Green
Learn to forage shepherd's purse: how to spot the rosette and heart-shaped seed pods, where it is safe to pick, and how to cook, dry, and…
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How to Forage and Use Sassafras Root in Appalachia
Sassafras root has a long mountain history. Learn to know the tree in winter, dig a sucker's root without harm, dry it, and what to weigh…
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How to Forage and Use Salal Leaf in the Pacific Northwest
Learn to forage salal in the Pacific Northwest: tell the leaf from its look-alikes, when to gather, how to dry it, and how it has traditionally…
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How to Forage and Use Maypop in Southern Appalachia
Find maypop (wild passionflower) in Appalachian fencerows, tell it from look-alikes, when the fruit and vine are ready, and how mountain folk have used it.
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How to Forage and Use Bull Thistle in the Pacific Northwest
Forage bull thistle: tell the first-year rosette from look-alikes, when to dig the root and peel the stalk, how to dry it, and its traditional folk…
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How to Forage and Use Jewelweed in Southern Appalachia
How to find jewelweed in Appalachian creek hollows, tell it from look-alikes, when to gather it, how to dry or infuse it, and its traditional folk…
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How to Forage and Use Oxeye Daisy in the Pacific Northwest
Tell oxeye daisy from its look-alikes, learn when to pick the young leaves and flower heads in spring, how to dry them, and how folk herbals…