Wild Salads are back in full swing!
Wild violets are edible and medicinal and come up in the late winter or early spring. Foraging wild violets is easy as they are very common!
I'm loving Emily Han's new book "Wild Drinks and Cocktails". She sent me a review copy and I am happy to say: I am thrilled to have it in my collection of cookbooks! It’s filled with all the detailed information one needs to create drinks from both the wild and cultivated
“One of my life's quests has been to eat as many flowers as possible” wrote Dina Falconi in the wonderful Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook. Here’s Dina’s list of late summer flowers and essential advice for using flowers in your cooking and her sensational Leaf & Flower Custard Ice Cream Master Recipe.
A full-photo tutorial on how to identify, harvest, store and use stinging nettle. Includes several recipes!
As the opioid epidemic worsens, people are desperate for natural pain relief options. Wild lettuce has been used for millennia as a natural herbal pain reliever, and now survivalists are touting it as a form
After resting during the hottest, driest months of the year, field garlic (aka Allium vineale) returns with full vigor. Closely related to chives and scallions, this perennial of the Amaryllidaceae family can be used similarly, offering a strong, pungent, spicy, aromatic onion flavor. Originally fro
Garlic Mustard Root = Wild-Style Horseradish
A Botanical Artist gives a Behind the Scenes Look at the Making of Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook by Dina Falconi, Illustrated by Wendy Hollender From the moment I discovered Botanical Art back in 1998, I have been following the plants. Plants have guided me in my career and personal … Continued
There's a theory that the tastiest things need the best defenses. If you've ever stepped on or brushed by a bull thistle, you've experienced their robust defense system. What on earth are they hiding behind
There are plants with great stories; there are plants with funny stories; there are plants with old stories and then there is shepherd’s purse, who’s story is best untold.
Wild Salads are back in full swing!
Wild Salads are back in full swing!
TODAY’S WILD EDIBLE HARVEST BASKET Contains violet leaf and flower (Viola sororia), nipplewort ……
Wild garlic is bursting into season, emerging in woodlands all over the UK. Here are five quick and easy wild garlic recipes to make the most of one of spring's most cherished ingredients.
Elderberry Syrup Master Recipe Makes about 20 oz Flavorful and sweet, elderberry syrup can be added to smoothies, herbal teas, mixed drinks, and fermented sodas, or diluted into hot water or cold sparkling water. For a visually appealing and tasty treat, drizzle this da
The aromatic sweet seeds of Myrrhis odorata can be used in place of aniseed or fennel seed for flavoring beverages and dishes. Note the seeds are most flavorful when fully formed but still green; see image below. Now in early fall, the seeds of sweet cicely are dark brown and lack
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Eat Wild - and it will transform you I believe the plants that grow wild in their perfect habitat hold an energy that is more powerful than agriculturally grown food. When we consume the wild, the energy of the land releases into our cells and profoundly connects us to the earth in a most natural and healthy way. Eat Wild and see how your body awakens to the land I've been foraging and collecting wild herbs and food for a few years. Eat Wild has grown out of a love to share a little of what I have learned. Foraging and recipe guide to get you on your way. FIRST RULE of foraging: Never pick where the plant isn't in abundance, and don't take more than you'll eat. Printed from an original pen and ink illustration onto FSC certified 100% recycled paper using veg based inks in Bristol UK. A3 (29.7x42cm)
All hail flatweed, the wonderful edible weed. This plant is easy to recognise and grows in abundance
Did you know wild violets are edible, medicinal, and fun to cook with? Check out these 25 creative wild violet recipes!
In these early fall days, I like to gather the vibrant shimmering leaves of sheep sorrel. The rain and cooler weather makes them large and plump; perfect for adding to salad. This sour, slightly sweet, and refreshing plant is the diminutive relative of garden sorrel or French sorrel. All of
Miner's lettuce is mild, fresh, crunchy, and succulent. It's one of my favorite spring greens, and it's as nutritious as it is delicious.
This listing is for an 8.5x11 and a A4 sized DIGITAL print of a little series of useful plants for foraging. I have taken great care to draw and watercolor the specimens accurately, but these illustrations are NOT intended to be enough to safely identify ANY wild plants. Please consult good field guides or local experts before using any wild plants! I have included a print with some of our favorite foraging tools for inspiration, but feel free to put together your own unique foraging kit with whatever you might have on hand! I did this little series in hopes of sparking children's interest in learning about the plant life around them, and I tried to choose plants that were fairly common around the world. This digital download includes: ~ An 8.5" x 11" PDF file of the Useful Plants & Foraging Tools prints ~ A ZIP file containing the 8.5" x 11" sized PNG files of the Useful Plants & Foraging Tools prints ~ An A4 sized PDF file of the Useful Plants & Foraging Tools prints ~ A ZIP file containing the A4 sized PNG files of the Useful Plants & Foraging Tools prints ~ A PDF file with un-zipping tips ★ These files can be printed at home, your local print shop or with your favorite online printer such as Vista Print, Staples, Shutterfly, Amazon Prints, Overnight Prints, Snapfish, etc. ★★★ For gift and personal use only. NOT FOR RESALE. Please feel free to purchase once and print out multiple copies for homeschool or nature study groups. Purchase does NOT transfer copyright. ★★★ I do my best to portray colors accurately, however, different monitors will vary in how they display colors. ★ If you are not familiar with ZIP files, scroll to the end of this description for easy instructions. ★ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER AND GET 10% OFF: https://twigandmoth.myflodesk.com/newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UN-Zipping Tips: 1. Download and save the files to your computer (in the folder you would like them to live in), as you would any other type of file. 2. For Windows 7 - 10, right click on the file and select "Extract Here". 3. For Windows XP and Vista, double click the file to open a new window. Then click "Extract all Files" to open the “Extraction Wizard”. Click “Next” and select a destination for your unzipped folder. Now click “Finish”. 4. On a Mac, simply double click on the zip file to begin the extraction. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***Please print for personal and gift use only. Purchase does not transfer copyright. For more information, please read our Terms of Use here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/TwigandMoth/policy ***
Mugwort is an edible and medicinal plant that has many uses. Foraging for mugwort is easy and fun, and it grows almost everywhere!
Wild Green Pesto — Oh So Tasty: Or What to Do With All Those Weeds!
By Steph Zabel Herbalist, Ethnobotanist and Educator When I first moved to Boston a decade ago I felt like a country girl in the big city. I’d traveled and lived in several places before, but had never before set down roots in an urban environment. I was used to living amongst trees and woods, a
Botanical Name of Wild Indigo: Baptisia tinctoria. Other Common Names: Broom-clover, Baptisia, indigo-weed, horsefly-weed, indigo-broom, shoofly, yellow indigo, American indigo, yellow broom, cloverbroom, rattlebush. Habitat: Wild indigo grows mainly along the Eastern Side of the United States – from Maine to Minnesota and all the way south to Florida, but typically no further than southeast of Louisiana. Plant Description: Wild indigo is a perennial plant that grows about 2 to 3 feet in height and grows a 3-leaved, bluish-green clover-like leaves. The flowers are yellow and appear in numerous clusters. The plant belongs to the same family as the common
Discover the joy and simplicity of foraging for food and medicine in your backyard with my beginner-friendly guide to wild dining.
Hooray, CHICKWEED (Stellaria media), a weedy super food — free, abundant, and available — is back in full swing. This lovely little friend is so nutritious: high in Vit. C, beta carotene, iron, calcium, etc. She is mild and tasty. Perfect for salad, in wild green pesto, lightly steamed, or added to
