This year has been a rollercoaster, hasn’t it? The weather (cold, wet, stupid hot, humid, no rain, RAIN!! in the same week?!) has been all over the place. COVID continues to ravage the land. The early pandemic shortages have largely ended, though global supply chains are still experiencing difficulties. There are also more people than…
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DIY Small Batch Maple Syrup
An easy way to make small batch maple syrup in your kitchen with no specialty equipment, other than tree taps! Use what you already have to make small batches of maple, or other tree syrups for self sufficiency.
Edible Puffball Mushrooms: Lycoperdon pyreform & perlatum
Recognize the prolific and often under appreciated common puffballs Lycoperdon perlatum and Lycoperdon pyreform. Learn how to harvest, process, and prepare these delicious little pops of great mushroom flavor!
Knitted Wool Hats: A basic tutorial for knitting in the round.
A free, easy hat knitting pattern to allow for creativity as well as functionality. This knit in the round technique explains how to create different crown shapes while using the same basic structure.
Oyster Mushroom Stock- Pleurotus ostreatus
A delicious recipe that turns tough, inedible oyster mushroom stems into a flavorful stock, that also leaves the stems tender enough to eat. No more oyster mushroom waste. This recipe is also vegan.
Elderberry Jam recipe- 12 calories and 5 carbs a teaspoon!
A recipe for a low sugar elderberry jam that has 12 calories and 5 carbs per teaspoon.
Giant Puffball, Calvatia gigante- August or September mushroom
The giant puffballs, Calatrava gigante
Southern Style Sumac Sweet “Tea”- Rhus typhina
make a refreshing Southern style sweet tea using Staghorn or smooth sumac fruit. Rhus typhina or Rhus glabra make a wonderful vitamin C, and antioxidants rich, caffeine free beverage. Perfect for summer evenings!
Mending Birkenstock Sandals-
Embracing the age old mindset of mending rather than discarding in a new medium for me; shoes!
Oyster Mushrooms- Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus pulmonarius.
description and photos of wild harvested Oyster mushrooms, Pleurotus ostreatus.
Refreshing Fresh Mint Summer Tea
An easy and refreshing caffeine free tea made from fresh mint leaves. Lightly minty, cold and refreshing, put into single serving sized containers in your refrigerator!
Morel Manicotti Recipe
Foraged morel mushrooms are transformed into a delicious Italian classic dish; morel manicotti. An alternative to frying; this recipe elevates morels to new culinary heights.
Wild mushroom recipe: Chicken in cream Sauce over penne with five wild mushrooms and foraged greens.
Recipe for cream sauce made of 5 kinds of wild foraged mushrooms, local pastured chicken, foraged lambsquarters, garlic, and heritage walking onions.
Chicken Mushroom recipe: Two recipes in one!
Vegetarian Fried “Chicken” and “Chicken Parm” recipes for the “Chicken of the Woods” mushroom, L. cincinnatus. Creative and delicious recipes for an amazing and usually abundant mushroom. Low carb, low calorie, high protein.
DIY Edible Flower Sugar Cubes
A DIY on how to make your own wildflower sugar cubes.
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