Plant identification and foraged food recipes for wild food & medicine enthusiasts.
This impressive tear and share star bread is stunning and easy to make. Learn how to make shape star bread filled with a savory pesto of winter greens, evergreens, and oranges with tangy sourdough for a festive holiday loaf! I…
From festive evergreens to showy holly and romantic mistletoe, did you know that these popular Christmas plants have medicinal uses too? Use these holiday plants to keep you merry and bright. The holiday season is a botanical wonderland. While herbalists…
Enjoy the medicinal uses and health benefits of pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) and learn how to identify and forage for this striking, graceful wildflower which has great use in the home apothecary. Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) Herbal Energetics: cool/dry Therapeutic…
Finding a red huckleberry bush deep in a shady forest is a special treat. These sweet-tart berries make a delicious red huckleberry syrup perfect for drizzling over waffles, or into club soda for wildcrafted mock- or cocktails! It should come…
Technically a mead, due to the use of honey instead of sugar, this wild fermented dandelion wine is made delicious with the inclusion of apricots and blood orange. Once considered medicinal, lightly chilled homemade wine is a perfect summer sipper as the…
Forage for wild spring herbs to kick off the growing season! Learn how to identify and harvest chickweed, dandelion, stinging nettle, violets, and common yard daisy to use for food and medicine! Foraging for Wild Spring Herbs I grow weary…
Feel like a French pastry chef with this easy profiteroles recipe. Filled with Douglas fir creme patissiere, each classic, elegant profiterole can be piled high to form a croquembouche tower. This impressive dessert is sure to please folks of all…
This Douglas Fir Poached Pear & Frangipane Tart is foraged treasure. Sweet, spiced, with the subtle balsamic of evergreen, this tart is stupendous! I must admit that I am a few cups of good cheer short of the holiday spirit…
Gather around for a mug of uplifting, magical hawthorn mulled apple cider to mend our metaphorical hearts during times of great sorrow and grief. They say that the proverbial veil is thinnest at this time of year. The trees are…
When the cold and flu season comes around, you might find it helpful to have this elderberry immunity syrup with rose hips and astragalus in supply! It is fall now. And all the kids are in school – even the…
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Devon
