I’ve been saving onion skins for about 3 months. It amounted to about 3 pounds of onion skins! This could have taken way more time if onions weren’t a staple ingredient in my cooking. Why was I saving onion skins? Well, to start with, they dry out and don’t spoil so easily, so it is […]
Author: Bronwyn Strong
Natural Dyeing with Kitchen Scraps
Making a Salve for Winter Skin with Wild Edibles
As we move deeper into the cold of winter and our hands closer to a source of heat, we might start noticing patches of dry, scaly skin developing. As someone who works with their hands and is prone to eczema and for the first time discovered how allergic they are to poison ivy, I’ve been […]
An Invasive Wild Edible Winter Rose
Multiflora is often the bane of a farmer’s existence, and a lovely hiking companion for walkers. Its flowers of 5 white heart shaped petals create gorgeous white-pink blankets throughout the forest, and also have the capacity to spread throughout fields and edges of growing spaces. Multiflora is a part of the rose family, much like […]
A Fall Comeback: Chickweed
Over the last month, I’ve noticed a plant friend from early Spring starting to emerge from their summer slumber. Chickweed, or stellaria media, is a cooler weather wild edible. It grows prolifically and spreads, though can be pulled easily from the roots. As many wild edibles, it is considered a weed to those who care […]
The Wild Grasses of Brooms
from Backwoods Brooms
Burdock–a weed, a medicine, and a delicacy.
As winter nears, farmers and foragers are starting to dig up roots and tubers. Between potatoes, sweet potatoes, and sunchokes, we are also planting garlic, shallots, and other ornamental bulbs such as tulips and daffodils. One of my favorite wild edibles’ roots are harvested in the Fall, which is Burdock. Nearly all of Burdock’s parts […]
The Witch’s Eggs: Stinkhorn Mushroom
In honor of Halloween, we are going to honor and explore a semi-edible mushroom that is kinda gross and scary looking! One that surely bridges the worlds. In this blog post, we will learn more about the Stinkhorn Mushroom, phallus impudicus and rubicundus, and mutinus elegans. Based on one of Stinkhorn’s scientific names, some find […]
Fall Berries: Autumn Olive
Here we are again with another wild edibles blog post! Berries seem to emerge as the theme beyond the summertime. Though I considered writing about Stinkhorn Mushrooms in the spirit of Halloween and changing it up, Autumn Olives are calling out. Autumn Olives look like bountiful, bunches of small red grapes that hang heavy on […]
Spicebush Identification and Appreciation
As the cool air moves into October and the summer nights are fading into the campfire warmth, the flavors are starting to change. Autumn is associated with the warm spices of cinnamon, ginger, clove, nutmeg, and allspice. Hot apple cider, pumpkin pie, squashes and pumpkins. There is another Autumn staple in this part of the […]
What Are Those Fuzzy Pink Things? How to Harvest and Use Mimosa Tree Flowers!
Have you ever noticed fuzzy pink, silky stranded flowers in trees around the end of June and beginning of July? Did you know that they are edible and medicinal? Let’s learn a bit more! Firstly, it is important to note that these blog posts are meant to bring and expand these plants into our awareness. […]