Wild Edibles
Wild Edibles: How to Make Elderberry Jelly
With the summer coming to a close here in New England, one of my favorite wild edibles that I seek out in the late Summer and early Fall is the Common Elderberry (Sambucus nigra). In this article I’ll be showing you how to properly identify the Common Elderberry, where to find it, and how to process it into a delicious jelly.
Wild Edibles: The Daylily
The daylily (hemerocallis fulva) is a very common ornamental plant that has found a home in many yards and gardens throughout the United States. Despite its common occurrence, few realize the year-round food potential of this plant. In this article I’ll go into detail about how to identify, process and eat these delicious plants.
How to Eat Dandelion Flowers
If you’ve already tried preparing the dandelion greens from the prior article than you know how delicious this wild plant can be. In this article I wanted to quickly present you with another pair of delicious recipes using a different part of this common every-day plant: the flowers.
Dandelion Greens – The Perfect Spring Survival Food
One of my favorite wild edibles during the early Spring happens to be the bane of all lawn owners: The Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).
How to Eat a Pine Tree
This post is a follow-up to the The Fantastic Four – 4 Essential Wild Edible Plants that May Just Save Your Life article. In it I demonstrate how to process and eat one of the core four essential survival plants: Pine. When you look at your average pine tree, rarely does one think that it has the [...]
How to Eat Cattail
This post is a follow-up to the The Fantastic Four – 4 Essential Wild Edible Plants that May Just Save Your Life article. In this post I demonstrate how to process and eat one of the core four essential plants: Cattail. Since I want to demonstrate it to you guys, I can only show you what’s available [...]
How to Make Acorn Flour
This post is a follow-up to the The Fantastic Four – 4 Essential Wild Edible Plants that May Just Save Your Life article. In this post, I demonstrate how to process and eat one of the core four essential plants: Acorns. Turning those bitter tasting nuts that are found all over the place during the fall into [...]
The Fantastic Four – 4 Essential Wild Edible Plants that May Just Save Your Life
Did you realize that knowing just 4 wild edible plants could one day save your life? If there were any four categories of plants that I would recommend all people to know how to use and identify it would be these: Grass, Oak, Pine, and Cattail. For the knowledgeable survivor, knowing just these four plants [...]
How to Make Survival (Sumac) Lemonade
To skip to the video instructions go here. This is the first in a series of posts/videos dedicated to wild edible and medicinal plants. Each season I will be covering some of the most easily identified and useful plants that you can use for food and medicine. Disclaimer: Eating certain wild plants can be deadly!! Be [...]
