Category Archive: Identification

Jun 14

52 Plants In The Wild You Can Eat

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My family survival plan brings us 52 different wild edibles. Some of these like purslane and dandelions I already knew about and have eaten but many of these I did not know were edible. Nice to learn in case its ever needed. The way grocery prices are going I may need this info sooner rather …

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May 16

How To Process Acorns To Make Acorn Coffee

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Taste Of Beirut website shares how to make coffee from acorns. Gathering acorns, how to process them and to brew them into a coffee. Being resourceful and learning how to forage for wild foods is an amazing skill that everyone should learn. We all may encounter hard times and having this kind of knowledge to …

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May 13

How to Make a Cattail Fluff Pillow

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Simply Homemaking shares a tutorial on how to make a cattail fluff pillow. Cattails are a familiar sight along the shore of any marsh, pond, lake, or river. They can often be seen growing in ditches along roadsides. Cattails are tall, stiff plants, growing almost ten feet tall. The leaves look like giant blades of …

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May 06

Muscadine – Wild Food Foraging, Identification & Recipes

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Emergency Outdoors blog shares a extremely educational article on a wild foraged food ” Muscadine “. Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia) is a member of the grape family. It goes into identification of the berries, leaves and bark, what part of the United States in grows in and recipes how to use it.  

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Apr 23

Wild Food Foraging In Your Own Backyard – Firebush

eattheweeds

Eat The Weeds website shares ” Firebush aka Scarletbush ” of the most decorative flowering plants often found in yards to attract butterflies… but it is also food for humans. It has black berries that can be eaten raw or used in recipes to make wine and syrups. If we go outside of our comfort …

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Apr 11

Guide To Eleven Edible Flowers

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Proper identification of edible flowers is essential Use flowers that are pesticide free For best flavor, use flowers at their peak and picked early in the day Introduce new flowers into the diet slowly to be able to pinpoint allergic reactions ( once again proper identification is very important ) Edible flowers also may be …

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Mar 24

Four AMAZING Videos – Pine Tree for Edible Food & Usages

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Feb 08

Milkweed A Truly Remarkable Wild Vegetable

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 Wild food foraging is a skill everyone should invest in developing by reading books, watching youtube videos, taking classes and going on guided walking wild crafting identification tours.

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Feb 04

Morel Mushroom Hunting – Tricks & Secrets of the finding them

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Morel Mushrooms are the most tastiest  of all mushrooms in my opinion….. Before tasting Morel mushrooms, I was sort of neutral towards mushrooms in general. After tasting Morels mushrooms, I became super excited and jump at any chance to go hunting for them.

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Jan 31

The Aesthetic Pantry: Trading Ornamentals for Edibles

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