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Cooking and preserving traditional food from scratch is one of my passions, and it’s even better if it includes homegrown, foraged, or fermented ingredients. I prefer to use whole foods and many of my recipes use herbs, flowers, and other fresh from the garden ingredients. Sourdough is another passion, and I also have a thing for cooking in cast iron pans!

Learn how to make sourdough tortillas, roasted beets and their greens, and traditional nitrate free corned beef.

3 flip top bottles of lavender kombucha, surrounded by fresh lemon and lavender.

Lavender Kombucha: A Calming Second Ferment

Lavender kombucha made with green tea starter is a perfect light and fizzy drink for warm summer days! With a long history of use as a calming aromatic herb, lavender makes a lovely second fermentation to flavor kombucha. Edible Lavender Flowers Lavender is a wonderful spring and summer flower with amazing aromatics and tons of…

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Three flip top bottles of deep pink hibiscus kombucha, on a white countertop, surrounded by dried hibiscus flowers.

Hibiscus Kombucha: Second Fermentation

Hibiscus kombucha is a delicious tart and floral flavored brew with a beautiful bright pink color. Boasting a refreshing fizz, benefits from hibiscus tea, and healthy probiotics, this brew will be in your regular rotation! Quite Possibly The Best Kombucha Saying something is “the best” when there’s clearly so many good options is strong words,…

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Green Tea Kombucha: Light and Refreshing

Make green tea kombucha for a lighter, fizzier taste than when made with black tea. This kombucha recipe is easy to make and turns out with a lovely mild flavor and is full of probiotic goodness. All About Green Tea Kombucha Kombucha can be made from almost any tea, and is most often made with…

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13 Ways to Use Rhubarb

Wondering what to do with your abundant pile of rhubarb? This tart veggie isn’t just for grandma’s pie, these recipes will bring you new and exciting ways to use rhubarb! Benefits of Rhubarb Rhubarb is a tart vegetable that looks a lot like a large celery stalk, that is red or a bright and dark…

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Rose kombucha, red in color, in flip top bottles. With dark pink roses in the background.

How to Make Rose Kombucha: Second Ferment

This rose kombucha recipe is a lovely second ferment, and is a wonderful way to enjoy the sweet flavor of summer. With a perfect light fizz along with rose benefits and tons of probiotics, you’ll sip this all season! Kombucha Second Fermentation Brewing kombucha at home is a delicious and fun way to add some…

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Conifer Tip Syrup: Made with Spruce, Fir, Pine, or Hemlock

Conifer tip syrup is a light and bright earthy and citrus tasting syrup that is delicious all year long. This is a great way to use these edible trees in spring or summer cocktails, or freeze it to use for the holidays! Edible Tree Tips Many conifer trees are edible, and while they may give…

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A jar of lilac syrup on a wood cutting board surrounded by fresh lilac flowers and leaves.

Lilac Syrup: Light Floral Flavor of Spring

Lilac syrup is a beautiful and lightly floral tasting spring treat. Lilac season is short, so make this delicious lilac syrup recipe to preserve the flavor of these edible flowers! Lilac Season Floral Treats While I wouldn’t call lilacs elusive since they tend to bloom in abundance with the arrival of true spring, their season…

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Dandelion Syrup

This simple dandelion syrup is a perfect way to use fresh dandelion blossoms as they pop up during springtime. Made with dandelion tea, try this honey-sweet easy dandelion syrup in cocktails, on waffles, or in tea! Eating Backyard Dandelions If you have yet to try eating dandelions, it’s not too late! The season is just…

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Wild Violet Jelly: A Low-Sugar Spring Treat

Make wild violet jelly with spring’s first magical blooms! Wild violets are edible and delicious, and they make a flavorful flower jelly that tastes fruity, lightly floral, and full of spring’s beginning sun. Edible Wild Violets With tiny purple blooms and heart-shaped leaves, wild violet “weeds” are often the first flowers that you’ll see in…

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Dandelion Fritters: A Snack From Your Backyard

Fried dandelion fritters are a nutritious and delicious snack foraged right from your backyard. With tons of vitamins and minerals, making these fried dandelions is a healthy way to enjoy the honey taste of dandelion blossoms with a savory batter. Eating Dandelions Dandelions are commonly known sunny-faced flowers that are wrongly seen as a nuisance…

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Hello there! I’m Colleen.

I want to inspire you to live seasonally, become more self sufficient, and protect your health. I share information on foraging and wildcrafting, fermenting and preserving, cooking whole foods from scratch, permaculture gardening, and making herbal products. And that’s just the beginning! Learn more.

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