For beginning and more advanced foragers alike, it’s important to have some guidebooks on hand. I often get asked what my favorite foraging books are, and there are so many good ones to choose from! I’ve narrowed it down to what I think are the 12 best books about foraging and wildcrafting for you here….
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Spiced Persimmon Bread with Honey and Ginger
This persimmon bread with honey and candied ginger is moist, sweet, and spicy. The persimmons and honey give this bread a sweet rich flavor, while the candied ginger gives a bit of a kick in every bite. It’s satisfying in every way! Persimmons: A Fall & Winter Fruit As we head into the winter months…
Homemade Spiced Pomegranate Wine
This homemade spiced pomegranate wine is a delicious and festive homemade fermented brew to make for the winter season. It has a gorgeous deep red color, not unlike red wine, and is rich in flavor. Pomegranate wine is perfect for the holidays! Artisanal Small-Batch Brewing Book This recipe for spiced pomegranate wine is from the…
Peppermint Coconut Sugar Scrub
Homemade gifts, especially when they have an herbal element, are my favorite things to give! This peppermint coconut sugar scrub is easy to make and package up for a thoughtful gift. It smells absolutely amazing and is cooling, soothing, and moisturizing for the skin. All natural beauty at its best! Make & Give Home Apothecary…
Fir Needle Forest Chai for Respiratory Wellness
Sometimes herbal medicine is right in your own backyard, and you often don’t need to go much further than that. But if you venture out to the woods, be sure to collect some conifer needles, as they have benefits that not everyone knows about! Fir needles are especially nice, and can be made into a…
60+ Rose Hip Recipes for Food, Health, & Beauty
Rose hips are a powerhouse of an herb with a wide array of benefits to our health and beauty. Once you learn about how nutritious and packed full of antioxidants they are, you’ll be glad to know there are many uses for rose hip both in diet and skincare. Let’s discover over 60 rose hip…
Homemade Rose Hip Soap Recipe
Do you have delicate skin or skin that is beginning to show the marks of passing time? Rose hip soap may be the perfect bar of all-natural herbal soap to care for your skin! As a facial bar, it will leave you with a brighter, healthier complexion while combating the signs of aging! Rose Hip…
How to Grow Elderberries in Your Backyard
Learn how to grow elderberries for food and herbal support, right in your own backyard! Elderberries can be grown from cuttings, starts, or seeds. Growing elderberries is easy! Why Grow Your Own Elderberry Shrubs? Elderberries have gained significant popularity in recent years due to their potent herbal properties. Because of this popularity, herbal shops and…
70+ Elderberry Recipes & Remedies for Food & Health
Elderberry recipes are popular amongst herbalists of all levels, and for good reason! They are not only tasty, they also have wonderfully supportive herbal properties. There are so many ways to use these wild berries! Wildcrafting Weeds If you want to learn more about the edible and medicinal weeds that surround us and how to…
Foraging St. John’s Wort + How to Make St. John’s Wort Oil & Salve
When the sunny yellow flowers of St. John’s wort start to appear then I know that summer is here! It is such an unassuming little plant that often grows along roadsides, but it is a powerful herbal ally. It is a great plant to know how to forage for, as it grows nearly everywhere and…
