Edible mushrooms are one of the most exciting things to learn how to forage, but it can be an intimidating and sometimes dangerous practice. These easy-to-identify edible mushrooms are a safe place to start your wild mushroom journey! Mushroom Hunting for Beginners Mushroom hunting can be a bit scary, especially if you’re a beginner. That…
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What to Forage in Winter: 30+ Edible and Medicinal Plants and Fungi
Winter foraging may seem difficult, but there are actually quite a few things that you may find. Learn about what to forage in winter! I will go over more than 30 edible and medicinal trees, nuts, berries, leaves, roots, lichens, mushrooms, and seaweed to forage in winter. Winter Foraging: Edible and Medicinal Plants and Fungi…
Foraging Rose Hips & Wild Rose: Identification, Harvesting, & Uses
Fall is one of my favorite times for gathering wild food and medicine, and foraging rose hips has a lot to do with that! Wild rose and rose hips are foraged at different times of the year, with rose hip season beginning in the autumn. This post will look at both the flowers and the…
What to Forage in Spring: 20 Edible and Medicinal Plants and Fungi
Spring is the season of new beginnings and new growth. As the temperature starts to warm up and everything begins to thaw from the winter, spring foraging options increase! This is the time of year for fresh salad greens, tasty spring flowers and shoots, medicinal plants, and a few edible mushrooms. This list of what…
Foraging for Purple Dead Nettle: an edible backyard weed
Purple dead nettle (Lamium purpureum) is an easily foraged edible plant that is likely growing in your backyard or nearby. Often considered a common “weed,” it has been traditionally used for both culinary and medicinal purposes, making it a good foraging opportunity this spring! Wildcrafting Weeds If you want to learn more about the edible…
What to Forage in Fall: 30+ Edible and Medicinal Plants and Mushrooms
When the temperatures start to cool down and the leaves start to change color you may think that your foraging days are limited. That couldn’t be farther from the truth! Fall is actually quite the bounty for foragers and wildcrafters as it truly is the harvest season. Here is a definitive guide for what to…
