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Wildcrafting

Joe Pye Weed blossom

Wildcrafting and Foraging – How to safely identify, harvest and use wild plants for food and medicine. Featuring the Weekly Weeder series, plus special attention to some of our favorite wild plants – plantain, dandelions, and elderberries.

dandelion flowers

Benefits of Dandelions & How to Use Them

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Chicory – Prebiotic, Coffee Substitute, Health Tonic

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Common Ragweed – Tips to Beat Ragweed Season – Weekly Weeder #7

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Online Botany & Wildcrafting Course at The Herbal Academy

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Wild Yeast Brewing – Books About Wild Beer, Wine, Mead and More

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Butter and Eggs, Linaria vulgaris, also known as wild snapdragon. Range and identification. Uses for wildlife, medicine and as a dyeing plant.

Butter and Eggs – Sweet Scented Bumblebee Magnet

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Queen Anne’s Lace – Butterfly Host Plant and Blueberry Protector

Queen Anne’s Lace – Butterfly Host Plant and Blueberry Protector

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Red Clover – Nitrogen Fixer and Gentle Tonic – Weekly Weeder #4

Red Clover – Nitrogen Fixer and Gentle Tonic – Weekly Weeder #4

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bull thistle flower with bumblebee

Canada and Bull Thistle – Edible from Bud to Root

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Common Chickweed – Herbal Remedy for Irritated Skin

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dandelion field

Stop the Dandelion Madness! Making Peace with Dandelions and Bees

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Quackgrass wine - Proof that you can turn just about anything into wine. Another interesting addition to the weed wine pantry for the adventurous fermenter.

Quackgrass Wine – Ferment Your Weeds!

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White Sweet Clover

White Sweet Clover – Weekly Weeder #49

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wild mushrooms guide

The Pocket Guide to Wild Mushrooms Review

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Goosefoot Pie

Cooking Weeds – Goosefoot Pie and Sauteed Milkweed Pods

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Health Aster - Weekly Weeder #36 @ Common Sense Homesteading

Heath Aster – Useful for Wildlife and Medicine

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