Tag: <span>foraging</span>

Flea Market Amazement, and Spring Outlook

So today was our third Sunday at the Rutland flea market, and a prayer partner is showing up each morning to say hi. The first day, he bought a tea and said to share it with others, and left us a tip. Last Sunday, he gave us a gift to …

Dates Set and Registration Open for 2025 Advanced Foraging Workshops

Thanks to those of you who have shared that, in general, you are interested in these workshops. I’ve been looking at behind-the-scenes todo lists, and brainstorming ways to offer the advanced foraging workshops. Such brainstorming has led to something I am very excited about!!! The Field Kitchen!!! This weekend, I …

Curly Dock Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yes, I made chocolate chip cookies using curly dock seed flour! Of course there was more to it than that, when you learn to cook with wild provisions, there’s always more to it. The recipe I modified came from Detoxinista. I don’t have coconut sugar in the house, so I …

Successful Winter Foraging Trail Tour! See Pics Inside

Today’s winter foraging run was a smashing success! In addition to being requested to do a winter foraging trail tour, we had to get a few things ourselves due to certain teas selling rather well over the fall craft/Christmas fair season. Those items were fir needles, lichen, and fir resin. …

Working Draft of 2025 Advanced Foraging Workshops

This went out first to my newsletter subscribers and is now posted here as well. To get on the newsletter, fill out the form to the left of this article, or click here if on a small screen that doesn’t show the left hand sidebar.  You’ll be automatically notified whenever …

Late Fall/Winter Foraging Workshop/Trail Tour Fun and Discoveries! Smiles All Around!

Today we held a very successful, upbeat, fun, and informative late fall/early winter foraging workshop and trail tour. We chose a trail we haven’t been on before, in a new regional park in the area. To my surprise, a fair bit of ground-based foraging was still to be found to …

Fall Has Begun With a Bang!

It’s been a crazy end to the month of September! As of last week, we are finally DONE processing anything to do with chokecherry! The exception will be turning the large mason jars of syrup into jelly as the weeks go along. As noted in the last foraging update, we …

More Foraging, and In-The-Field Medication

Sunday’s foraging run was about just two things, more rosehips, and yarrow.  We could have grabbed so much more chokecherry, but that wasn’t going to happen.  We’re tapped out with what we can process and store for this year. The trail we were on is frequented by other foragers and …

Surfacing From Summer Foraging Mayhem

The summer foraging season has been a major whirlwind for us this year, but I think I’m starting to crawl out from under it. The tub of crushed chokecherry leaf used by Ashtree Wildcrafting as a base for several of the looseleaf teas, is largely full with two more trays …

Drowning in Barn Foraging and Late Summer Forecast

I’ll show pictures here to prove it!  The sand patch we use as an exercise ring for Bella, has threatened to overgrow in Lamb’s Quarters this summer! This was how that patch looked in the fall. The hint of green in the foreground is now quite a thick patch of …