Does anyone else want to start a thread about foraging for food, medicine, or fiber plants in the wild?
Earlier this afternoon I was down by a river that was about to jump its banks, and I collected a grip of horsetail. I was really happy to find it in such abundance. But then, I thought about the location of the horsetail, and how it's a soil detoxifier, so any heavy metals or pollution from that river would be taken up into the plant, so, unfortunately, I had to get rid of it.
I know of a more rural location, where the plants will be cleaner. I am thinking of heading to the hills sometime in the next couple weeks, and checking on a hawthorn grove that I know of. Hawthorn is amazing for coronary, respiratory, and mental health.
It is made into a tincture that is famous in Russia, called "Boyaryshnik". It is very powerful. You take a shot of that, and you could have bronchitis, pneumonia, anything, and your lungs will open up like you never were sick. It's a wonder herb.
I need to get up into the hills to forage. The spittlebugs are already making their little foamy colonies on a lot of the wild herbs. I hate them. I want to get up there and collect my herbs before the spittlebugs go crazy on everything, like they do every summer.
I was thinking of making a pot of tamales. You can make dozens of them for very cheap. Instead of corn husks, I like to use maple leaves. It infuses a sweet, nutty flavor into the masa, plus it's local and free.
Are you doing any foraging, or planning to?
Earlier this afternoon I was down by a river that was about to jump its banks, and I collected a grip of horsetail. I was really happy to find it in such abundance. But then, I thought about the location of the horsetail, and how it's a soil detoxifier, so any heavy metals or pollution from that river would be taken up into the plant, so, unfortunately, I had to get rid of it.
I know of a more rural location, where the plants will be cleaner. I am thinking of heading to the hills sometime in the next couple weeks, and checking on a hawthorn grove that I know of. Hawthorn is amazing for coronary, respiratory, and mental health.
It is made into a tincture that is famous in Russia, called "Boyaryshnik". It is very powerful. You take a shot of that, and you could have bronchitis, pneumonia, anything, and your lungs will open up like you never were sick. It's a wonder herb.
I need to get up into the hills to forage. The spittlebugs are already making their little foamy colonies on a lot of the wild herbs. I hate them. I want to get up there and collect my herbs before the spittlebugs go crazy on everything, like they do every summer.
I was thinking of making a pot of tamales. You can make dozens of them for very cheap. Instead of corn husks, I like to use maple leaves. It infuses a sweet, nutty flavor into the masa, plus it's local and free.
Are you doing any foraging, or planning to?