Edible weeds are all around us, and they are often medicinal too. Here are 12 easy to forage for, wild-growing, strong, and nutritious weeds!
Clover is a widely available edible wild plant with medicinal uses. Here's what to know about identifying and using edible clover.
Make the most of common yard weeds by using white clover for food and medicine with these easy tips and recipes.
Common mallow (Malva neglecta) is a useful edible weed you may find growing in your garden. Here's what to know about foraging & using it. #ediblewildplants
Did you know there are dozens of wild herbs you can forage? Find out the best herbs to find growing wild throughout the year.
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Common purslane is a highly nutritious edible and medicinal plant that readily grows. Learn to find, identify, use and purslane!
Not all weeds are created equal. Many common backyard weeds offer significant benefits. Here are 17 weeds and how to use them.
Curly Dock, or Rumex crispus, is a remarkable medicinal plant known for its vibrant appearance and diverse therapeutic properties. Its use dates back
Like the fresh herb, plantain tincture is an excellent soothing, anti-inflammatory remedy for bug bites, stings, and other skin irritations. It also has some impressive properties for internal heal…
Not all weeds are created equal. Many common backyard weeds offer significant benefits. Here are 17 weeds and how to use them.
Make the most of common yard weeds by using white clover for food and medicine with these easy tips and recipes.
Plantain is amazing! Forage for and use this common backyard weed! You'll never spray it again! The Homesteading Hippy
Edible weeds are all around us, and they are often medicinal too. Here are 12 easy to forage for, wild-growing, strong, and nutritious weeds!
Purslane tea is a tisane made from chopped purslane leaves and boiling water. Purslane tea contains cancer-fighting antioxidants and a variety of potent vitamins and nutrients.
Comfrey is a wonder plant for your garden and for your medicine cabinet. It's time to start growing and foraging for comfrey!
Have you ever foraged chickweed? This common wild plant is tasty and medicinal. Learn more about chickweed benefits and uses in the kitchen and home remedy toolkit.
Did you know there are dozens of wild herbs you can forage? Find out the best herbs to find growing wild throughout the year.
Clover is a widely available edible wild plant with medicinal uses. Here's what to know about identifying and using edible clover.
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Learn about identifying purslane, a nutriitous edible wild plant. Here's how to identify purslane as well as purslane look alikes to watch out for.
Chicory (Common chicory, Cichorium intybus) is a perennial herbaceous plant that has permanent and spindles root, rigid and erect stem and reaches up to 1.5 meters. The leaves are long and lance-shaped; flowers are large, light blue and bloom through the summer season.
Edible weeds are a great way to increase the foods you grow- and consume- without any additional work on your part. Here's a list of 15 edible weeds to try!
Self-heal is a common herb, a highly nutritious edible plant, and a medicinal powerhouse that is also known as heal-all or woundwort.
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Never heard of borage plant? You're not alone. Here are some terrific reasons to consider welcoming this easy-to-grow plant with lovely edible star-shaped flowers into your garden! Read on to learn about excellent borage uses
Harvesting, drying and using broadleaf plantain as medicine for cuts, bug bites, rashes and IBS. Plantain grows wild all over the country and is probably growing in your backyard right now. Most people consider it a weed but it's extremely useful.
Potentilla canadensis, often referred to by its Dwarf Cinquefoil, is a remarkable medicinal plant with a rich history of traditional use. This article
Borage is a beautiful annual flower that’s popular with gardeners, mostly for its abundant display of showy blue flowers. It also happens to be both edible and medicinal, and it has a n…
Though this plant is sometimes known as a weed, learning about the benefits might make you reconsider eliminating it from your garden.
Fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium), also known as rosebay willowherb, is an edible wild plant often found in disturbed areas. Fireweed is one of those distinctive plants that's easy to identify and plentiful around the globe. The
The medicinal uses for mullein are vast and extensive. Learn about smoking mullein for cough and respiratory ailments, plus other medicinal values.
NOTE: This article is about 20 of my favorite medicinal healing herbs to grow in most garden areas and types of soil. There are 100’s more, though, that I just couldn’t include because of space. Enjoy this rundown of 20 of my favorites. Have you ever wondered which medicinal herbs are the best on
That daisy or chamomile like early spring wildflower might be daisy fleabane, Erigeron annuus. Perky fleabane grows in fields, roadsie ditches in North America.
Fleabane, belonging to the genus Erigeron, encompasses a diverse group of flowering plants within the Asteraceae family. Erigeron species are commonly known
Yarrow is a common wild herb that’s useful in both the kitchen and medicine cabinet. This list of yarrow uses covers everything from biscuits and beer to salves, soaps, and tinctures.
There’s a theory that the tastiest things need the best defenses. If you’ve ever stepped on or brushed by a bull thistle, you’ve experienced their robust defense system. What on e…
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
The bright yellow plant has medicinal properties that you ought to know about. Here are 10 health benefits of goldenrod...
Like the fresh herb, plantain tincture is an excellent soothing, anti-inflammatory remedy for bug bites, stings, and other skin irritations. It also has some impressive properties for internal heal…
Black-Eyed Susan is a beautiful perennial flower, but it also has potent medicinal benefits. It’s closely related to echinacea, and it has many of the same medicinal properties.
Nasturtiums are a herbaceous annual flowering plant best known for their peppery taste, stronger than watercress, and perfect for salads, but most have no idea about nasturtium medicinal uses. Nasturtiums are annual flowers grown both
Do you know about the many wonderful benefits of yarrow? Yarrow is a fantastic medicinal plant that's easy to grow and use in your herbal remedy arsenal. You may even have some yarrow posing as
Creeping Charlie (ground ivy) is a useful medicinal herb that's often overlooked by foragers and herbal remedy lovers. One of the earliest spring edibles, creeping Charlie is nutritious and has numerous traditional medicinal uses. Here's what to know about using creeping Charlie. #foraging #medicinalplants
There are a great many reasons why you should consider growing borage in your garden. It is useful both while it is in growth, and as a crop for harvesting.
A large, upright plant from the figwort family, mullein (Verbascum Thapsus) is a biennial, meaning it grows two years in a row. The first year, the plant produces a leafy base; the second year, a single upright stalk emerges from the center of the base and produces a thick head of soft yellow blooms.
Conyza canadensis Horseweed / Canadian Fleabane NL: Canadese fijnstraal / F: Vergerette du Canada Native from North America, this plant made its way all over Europe and many other parts of the world. It may not be the prettiest plant one would choose to keep in the garden, neither is it among the most popular plants in modern herbalism. Nevertheless Horseweed, or Canadian Fleabane, as it is also called, was used by most Native North Americans tribes to treat various illnesses, including diarrhea, fever, running nose, rhinitis, but also used to arrest bleedings or to relieve stomach aches, earaches or headaches. Externally, it was made into poultices to treat burns and sore joints. Roots were used in decoction teas to treat menstrual complaints. Dried and burned as incense it was used to ward off insects. In today’s herbalism Horseweed is mostly employed where an astringent is required: diarrhea, internal hemorrhage, nosebleeds, hemorrhoids, etc. It has been recently researched for its antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral and anti-fungal properties, including against candidiasis - looks promising! Further one can still find references of folk usages of this plant to treat cholera, rheumatism, tuberculosis, bronchitis, inflamed tonsils, diabetes, menopausal symptoms, kidney and bladder conditions, eczema and ringworm. It is an edible plant, especially the young leaves, cooked, can be prepared as potherb, or used in the same way as other dark greens. Because of its powerful medicinal properties, it should be eaten sparingly, not in large amounts. It can also be dried and used as food spice - it gives an aromatic flavour to dishes. Warning: Skin contact with the plant can cause dermatitis in some people. More information on Conyza canadensis: Plants for a Future: Conyza canadensis Antiviral activity of Conyza canadensis (L) Antibacterial, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of extracts of Conyza canadensis Antimicrobial activities of Conyzolide and Conyzoflavone from Conyza canadensis
Stinging nettle is a highly nutritious edible and medicinal plant with many benefits. Here are some delicious stinging nettle recipes!
Chicory is one of the safest wild edibles you can forage, with a huge number of health benefits. We tell you everything you need to know about it.
