Category: <span>Foraging</span>

Surfacing for a near-end of October Update

Coming up for a little air before diving down into prep for all the fall fairs and markets descending on us in short order here. The bulk of our fall harvest is largely dealt with now, the drying shelter put away, etc. The latest round of rosehip gathering should be …

Fall News, Book Efforts, Foraging Updates

I’m sitting here having experienced a bit of emotional whiplash. Sunday’s attendance at the Rutland Flea Market ended with a very exuberant conversation with a post-secondary student who I hope to engage with more in the future. That was a very upbeat, energetic conversation, ending the day on a very …

Buried Under a Fall Harvest!

Here we are at the end of another month already! It’s been busy! Foraging has continued to be about shoring up stocks that we hope will last us through to the next foraging season for various herbs. My concerns about crab apples were SOUNDLY put to rest by the tree …

Fall Workshops/Deadlines and Fall Fairs and Markets

We are a couple days away from the Rock Creek Fall Fair, a regional fair in the Boundary area of BC, showcasing the area’s agriculture, cottage industry, skills and more. We will be among the various handcrafted vendors with Ashley’s Ashtree Wildcrafting, featuring all 17 of her wildcrafted tea blends, …

Foraging Updates, Fall Fair Prep, Fall Harvest Observations and a Safety PSA!

The smell of rosehips wafts through the house, while flint corn hangs in corners and across eaves, curing. The crockpot outside is on it’s second round of heat-treating chokecherry berries while the first round has been mashed and sits in a hanging cloth over a bowl. Two of these three …

Happy Dance and Foraging Escapades

Doing an internal happy dance over here! I don’t dance, but in my head I am, or maybe if you see me in person, it might look like the happy little gerbil bop they do when they’re excited over something (daughter used to keep gerbils, we may have picked up …

Foraging: Novelty vs practicality

Where we live, the idea of foraging is often seen as a hobby for those who can afford all the gadgety gear that tends to accompany hobbyist ideals. Some have even written books about this, literally filled with every gadget under the sun to make your outdoor adventure as enjoyable …

Chokecherry Oddities, Workshops, and 2025 Fall Forecast

Found this little hitch hiker in one of our bags of chokecherries this morning. Apparently it came home with us yesterday after a foraging run. That shell is translucent. We carefully snapped off the leaf from it’s stem and placed the little one in a safer place. We use the …

Wholefood as Medicine That Might Grow Outside Your Front Door

When you stop by my table at a craft fair or wellness fair, you may hear me greet you with this, particularly if you’ve just picked up my brochure, or commented on my business title: “I offer Biblical Natural Health Coaching, with a focus on wholefood as medicine that might …

Creation Worships Creator God

I went to bed last night, wrapping up an effort to turn God Grants Us Knowledge of His Creation, into a small booklet. This morning, I wake up singing First Call’s song, O Sifuni Mungu! How cool it’s been in the years since this was first recorded (1987), that scientists …