Blogs
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What to do About West Nile Virus? A non-toxic pesticide free natural solution
There's a big hoopla about West Nile Virus right now and I wonder what is really behind it. So few people have ever contracted...
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Hip Hop Hooray for Humulus lupulus!
Hops, like valerian, are a traditional herbal remedy for anxiety, restlessness and insomnia. You may be familiar with hops in association with beer brewing (where...
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Blog: What’s Up? Chicken Butt!! Meet our Free Range Backyard Chickens!
Meet our backyard chickens. So, why is it important to us to have chickens? Getting chickens was one step in becoming self-sufficient as a community.
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Blog: How to Raise Backyard Chickens in a Mobile Chicken Coop
More and more suburbanites decide to start raising backyard laying flocks every season and most people have little or no experience with farm animals. Last...
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Recipe: Wild Black Cherry Sauce
WILD BLACK CHERRY SAUCE By Lisa Caccamise Makes about 3/4 cup 2 cups black cherries, no need to...
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August: This Season’s Wild Edible Plant: Black Cherries
Black cherry (Prunus serotina) Every August, you can find black cherry trees covered in drooping clusters of shiny ripe fruit, like thousands of threaded beads....
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Recipe: From Milkweed to Seaweed
Stuffed milkweed pods Choose pods that are young, firm and easily sliced. If they feel at all tough or stringy, don’t use them. Ingredients: 24...
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Video: Stuffed Milkweed Pods, Wild Seaweed Salad and Fried Green Tomatoes
This week Suburban Foragers gathered at Cropsey farm to cook delicious stuffed milkweed pods. We also cooked Fried Green Tomatoes and a refreshing Cucumber and Seaweed salad,...
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Blog: Gathering Elderberries: This Week’s Wild Medicinal Plant
I recently took a trip to the Hackensack marshes, where I foraged some of my favorite medicinal plants, including Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata), boneset (Eupatorium...
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Recipe: Stuffed Grape Leaves and Wineberry Sangria
WINEBERRY SANGRIA: Serves 8-10 2 cups wineberries or raspberries 1 750 ml bottle of Riesling or other fruity/semi sweet wine – Grape juice or ginger-ale...
