Plants
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Autumn Olive Berries – a tasty October harvest and potent antioxidant
Autumn Olives (Elaeagnus umbellata) begin to ripen in late September through October and can be found in abundance throughout NY and NJ. These tart berries...
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How to treat colds and the flu with natural healing herbs
How to treat colds and the flu with natural healing herbs
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Book Review: A Forager’s Harvest by Samuel Thayer
Book Review of A Forager's Harvest by Samuel Thayer
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How to identify, harvest and prepare Ginkgo biloba for brain health
Learn how to find, harvest and prepare Ginkgo biloba for a tasty treat that'll give your brain a boost.
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Porcelain Berries are too pretty to eat
Porcelain Berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata) resemble speckled porcelain droplets of green, turquoise, purple, pink and white, with many tones in between. They can be truly...
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How to Survive the Hunger Games – Suburban Foragers’ Style – part I
The Hunger Games is about survival, but then so is life itself. The safest survival stores you can have, is knowledge. Those who can turn...
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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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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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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...
