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Herbal Antibiotics

Grow Your Own Antibiotics If you are imagining someone in a lab coat bent over petri dishes, forget it. I’m talking about everyday plants that you can grow in your own backyard that have antibiotic,...

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Musk Thistle: Friend or Foe?

Carduus nutans – Musk Thistle Generally considered a noxious weed in the US, the Musk Thistle also has the reported health benefit of cleansing the liver. This native to Africa is actually a very...

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Making Applesauce from Wild Apples

Using Wild Apples If you have an abundance of wild apples available, check out my post How to Use Wild Apples for more ideas on how to use them. I’ve been busy for the last few days turning a feed bag...

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How to Use Wild Apples

I recently harvested a feed bag full of wild apples and used them to make applesauce and Applesauce Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting! Keep reading for more ways to use those wild apples… What Are...

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Survival Summit!

Off Grid Food Preservation I’m not one to go around tooting my own horn…I’m too busy getting my homesteading work done! But if you’re interested, check out my interview on the Survival Summit today!...

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Spring on Our Homestead

Life is Good Spring is probably my favorite season on the homestead. The world is beginning to green up. My garden is full of ‘weed free’ potential. Wild edibles are springing to life. The chickens,...

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Spring Salad

Spring Salad One of my favorite things about spring is all of the new greens coming up for cooking and making salads. I’ve been tossing salads with a combination of perennial vegetables from my garden...

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Foraging: Collecting and Cooking Milkweed

  Foraging is an important skill to learn for preparedness, thrifty living, and self sufficiency. Please use a reliable field guide to edible wild plants when you search for wild foods. Also stop by...

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Freezing Lambs Quarters

  Lambs Quarters for the Freezer We have a lot of lambs quarters growing in our garden. I weeded much of it out to make way for my regular garden vegetables, but I keep a small patch here and there to...

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Foraging for Tiger Lilies

Eating Tiger Lilies Tiger lilies are a wild variety of day lily (Hemerocallis) that often grows in naturalized clumps along ditches and roadsides. They are easy to spot and identify and, best of all,...

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Bush Craft 101 by Dave Canterbury

Bush Craft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival by Dave Canterbury I spent quite a bit of time leafing through my Dad’s Army survival guide when I was a kid and I loved soaking up the...

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Sauteed Garlic Mustard Greens

      Foraged Garlic Mustard Greens The first greens of spring are ready for the taking! Dandelions, garlic mustard, curly dock, horseradish leaves, and wild onions are green and growing. I’m trying to...

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Saving Milkweed for the Monarchs

Responsible Foraging & Wildlife Habitat I like foraging for wild edibles, but I also like Monarch butterflies. And these beautiful creatures are in trouble. Habitat destruction and herbicide use...

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Eat Your Weedies

Eating Weeds I like to supplement my garden goodies with weeds foraged from the countryside. This year I decided not to forage for milkweed, since the Monarch butterflies are in danger. I do believe...

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Foraging for Free Food

Ethical Foraging – Food for Free I’ve been interested in foraging for wild foods since I was a kid. Dandelions, plantain, cattails, wild berries and apples all made their way into a bag or basket as I...

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The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, & Cooking in the Wild

The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, & Cooking in the Wild by Dave Canterbury I’m always interested in reading a new book on this subject, and Dave Canterbury never disappoints his...

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How to Use Wild Apples

I recently harvested a feed bag full of wild apples and used them to make applesauce and Applesauce Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting! Keep reading for more ways to use those wild apples… What Are...

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Free Eats ~ Cooking Up Foraged Greens From My Backyard

Cooking Foraged Greens Free Food from My Backyard I don’t have spinach or lettuce ready in my garden yet…heck, the snow just melted last week! But I have weeds and perennial greens coming up in my...

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How to Harvest and Use Curly Dock

How to Harvest and Use Curly Dock Curly dock (also known as yellow dock, sour dock, and butter dock, as well as other names) is one of the first wild greens ready to harvest in spring. This relative of...

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How to Harvest and Use Stinging Nettle

How To Harvest & Use Stinging Nettle I remember my Gram telling (little) me that stinging nettle was good to eat. I found it preposterous at the time that this irritating weed could be edible, much...

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