How to start foraging for wild herbs, beginning with these 8 easy to identify plants. Collecting herbs and medicinal plants that can be found in the wild or even in your own backyard.
Did you know there are dozens of wild herbs you can forage? Find out the best herbs to find growing wild throughout the year.
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.
How to start foraging for wild herbs, beginning with these 8 easy to identify plants. Collecting herbs and medicinal plants that can be found in the wild or even in your own backyard.
Did you know there are dozens of wild herbs you can forage? Find out the best herbs to find growing wild throughout the year.
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…
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
Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus Carota) is one of many umbelliferous plants that can be found growing around the world. Many people refer to this plant as the wild
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.
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
Check out this natural medicine, the wild lettuce- a forgotten plant that is used as a natural pain relief for thousands of year..
Common purslane is a highly nutritious edible and medicinal plant that readily grows. Learn to find, identify, use and purslane!
Just about everyone knows what ginger looks like and that it's a tropical plant. Before modern international trade, fresh ginger was a real treat. Early colonists in the US found a tasty substitute that that
Yarrow is one of the most beneficial wild plants that there is. Foraging yarrow is easy, you might even have some in your own backyard!
Herbal vinegar can be made with just about any edible herb or plant for a truly unique homemade herbal infused vinegar.
Botanical Name: Stellaria media. Other Common Names Adder’s mouthChick wittlesSatinflowerSercediliSkirt buttonsStar chickweedStarweedTongue grassVogelmuurWhite bird’s wyeWinterweed. Habitat Chickweed is native to Europe and Asia and is now found throughout the world. It is a common hardy plant that easily grows in cropland and fallow fields, lawns and gardens, areas adjacent to buildings, and in waste areas. It prefers partial to full sun, moist to mesic conditions, and moderately fertile loam or clay loam soils. It tolerates light shade and temporary flooding, and while it can be found to some extent in natural areas, it prefers areas that have been disturbed. Plant
Gathering, drying, and using clover is so simple! If you are a beginner at using wild edibles, then learning how to preserve white clover is the place to start! #foraging #foodpreservation #whiteclover #wildedibles #howtoforage #homesteading #eattheyard #eatthelawn
Create your own personal list of top ten medicinal herbs, tailored to your climate and health concerns. Build a dream medicinal herb garden!
Elecampane (Inula helenium) is a perennial herb that grows wild around the world. It’d been used for generations as a flavoring and condiment, and it’s still used to make abs…
Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) grows just about anywhere and everywhere all across the eastern part of the United States. All it needs is an abandoned field, highway median or roadside ditch a…
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…
Fireweed is an easy to recognize native plant that is useful for food and herbal remedies. It's loaded with tonic benefits for the entire body and grows throughout North America and Europe. Learn why Fireweed needs to be on your foraging list.
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.
Common Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a woody perennial plant and a member of the dandelion family. This plant has many popular names including blue dandelion, blue daisy, coffee-weed, blueweed, wild endive, bunk, horseweed, and bachelor’s buttons. Varieties of Chicory used in various food dishes include endive, sugarloaf, red endive, witlof, radicchio, and radichetta. In addition…
It's that time of year to go foraging for blackberries, the ultimate plant for beginning foragers with tasty berries and medicinal leaves.
Goldenrod is helpful for making salves for sore muscles, tea for your kidneys, and may be useful for respiratory woes.
Self-heal is a common herb, a highly nutritious edible plant, and a medicinal powerhouse that is also known as heal-all or woundwort.
Common mallow is a nutritional powerhouse that can be eaten in many different ways, plus it has a long history of medicinal use.
Maria Noël Groves teaches about herbs for pain and how they can come to our assistance during times of need in her new book, Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies.
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
Mugwort is an edible and medicinal plant that has many uses. Foraging for mugwort is easy and fun, and it grows almost everywhere!
As the opioid epidemic worsens, people are desperate for natural pain relief options. Wild lettuce has been used for millennia as a natural herbal pain reliever, and now survivalists are touting it as a form
Herbalists know that burdock root is powerful medicine, but most would be surprised to learn that the burdock is edible as well. Burdock leaves, stalks and roots are edible and can be downright tasty if you
Wondering what to do with elderberries? Here are a bunch of ideas for putting them to use-- including the basics of finding, harvesting, and prepping!
Wildcraft! An Herbal Adventure game is a cooperative board game that teaches edible plants and healing herbs. Wildcraft! is beautifully illustrated, nature-based, and created in the tradition of the classic board games.
Rose hips are the fruit of the wild rose plant. Learn all about foraging for rose hips and wild rose and their edible and medicinal uses!
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
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is one of the most useful and widely available herbs you can find. Once you know how to identify yarrow, you’ll see it everywhere. The plant has…
Fireweed is an easy to recognize native plant that is useful for food and herbal remedies. It's loaded with tonic benefits for the entire body and grows throughout North America and Europe. Learn why Fireweed needs to be on your foraging list.
Mullein is one of the most recognizable, medicinal and useful plants. Foraging for mullein is easy and fun!
Plantain is amazing! Forage for and use this common backyard weed! You'll never spray it again! The Homesteading Hippy
Make the most of common yard weeds by using white clover for food and medicine with these easy tips and recipes.
Wild opium lettuce has so many natural medical benefits. Learn how to identify, process, and grow wild lettuce (Lactuca virosa).
If you want some pain relief you may need to walk no further than your back yard for a natural pain killer that is similar to morphine.
Botanical Name: Petasites hybridus. Other Common Names: Common butterbur, sweet coltsfoot, blatterdock, bogshorns, butter-dock, butterly dock, capdockin, flapperdock, and langwort. Habitat: Butterbur is native to mainland Europe, as far north as Scandinavia. It also grows in Western Asia and has been successfully introduced to Northern America. It typically will grow in shady places or beside waterways. It also grows well in wet meadows, copses, marshes, flood plains, washes, and damp roadsides. Description: Butterbur plant has huge leaves resembling the leaves of the rhubarb. The leaves, which grow big enough to protect a person’s head from the sun or the rain,
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!
Ramps are a spring ephemeral, which means they’re only here for a very short time. A short harvest window helps us appreciate natures bounty, but sometimes its just not enough. Th…
