I'll admit the name "chokecherry" doesn't exactly get your mouth watering. Anything with "choke" in the name sounds like trouble. The other common names bitter berry and bird cherry aren't any more appetizing, but chokecherries are not
Why would you want to forage elderflowers? Elderflowers are a lovely wild edible that have many benefits. Find out what to do with them here!
Spring is a great time for foraging! Learn what to forage in spring with this list of 20 edible and medicinal plants and fungi. Spring foraging is fun!
Have you heard the buzz about Stinging Nettle Seeds? They're a powerhouse of nutrition and herbal health, and free and abundant to forage.
4 Easy Winter Foraging Finds (and How to Use Them) – This quick read offers four easy winter foraging finds and how to use these edible and medical plants.
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Nature is always a great source of nourishment. Foraging is a year-round source of food and fun, no matter where you live. Our ancestors didn’t have the luxury of taking the winter off from food gathering, they just had to get more creative. There are hundreds of wild foods you can forage in winter, even in…
Learn about what to forage in fall! Autumn is an abundant time for foraging and wildcrafting. Fall foraging includes berries, nuts, roots, and mushrooms.
Sowthistle (AKA milk thistle or sow thistle) is everywhere, all over the world and across several living conditions, from tropical to arid, from farm crops to backyard gardens. Yes, we are talking about a highly skilled invasive, but that is not necessarily bad, as sowthistle is food for a lot of et
Embrace and foster a foraging spirit with these simple ideas designed to connect the home and kitchen to the natural world in a fun and doable fashion.
The Weedy Connection have posted a great image listing the most common edible weeds in Australia. (See the full size image.)
Mushroom foraging is known to be an autumn activity, but that's not entirely true. There are countless species of edible mushrooms that can be found at
Australia is still revealing its sweet secrets to its new human inhabitants. Indigenous peoples have known about, valued and celebrated its sugary delights for thousands of years. In pre-sugar farming … Continue reading Lerps – One of nature’s sweet offerings
One of the most celebrated medicine in the world is in your backyard. Here’s how to identify it.
Learn about what to forage in fall! Autumn is an abundant time for foraging and wildcrafting. Fall foraging includes berries, nuts, roots, and mushrooms.
I’d like to take my connection with nature to the next level and learn a few bush survival skills. So I was pleased to discover Wildcraft Australia – a Hunter based wilderness survival school. Guides Nikki and Sam deliver courses in bush craft, survival skills, wild craft for kids, weaving, bush food, knife making, cord making and more...
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Stinging Nettles (urtica dioica) are a wonderfully nutritious wild green, though there are 4 reasons why (and when) it is best NOT to eat nettles.
