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Red Armed Panther, Cheyenne85

Health Secrets of the Plains Indians

Despite the wars and hardship they experienced, and the constant threat of smallpox and other epidemics, the nutrition of the nomadic Plains Indians tribes was among the very best in the world. Average height...

10 comments    health diet nutrition
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Garlic Mustard: Foraging for Free Food

Garlic Mustard is a super invasive species of plant that has one redeeming feature. It is very good to eat and high in nutritional value. The plant was originally brought to New York state (Long Island) by...

2 comments    garlic mustard free food
Brief visitor to the Spring menu65

How to Cook Poke Salad

Harvesting and cooking the most dangerous of wild foods -- poke sallet, the delicious springtime herb. No food like scary food.

0 comments    salad free food foraging
Chokecherries, by briannaorg77

Edible Native Plants of the Great Plains

The Plains Indian tribes of North America are best known for their reliance on the American bison for food, clothing, housing, tools, and more, but in fact they ate a varied and interesting mix of wild fruits...

2 comments    food hubchallenge plants
shelling the acorns63

Acorns- Nature's Gourmet

foraging, acorns for food, saving money, how to eat acorns, how to prepare acorns

0 comments    how to save money foraging
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Fruitful Foraging- Feeding the Family from Nature's Food Store

I recently heard a story of how two Police Community Support Officers informed children that they should not pick wild BLACKBERRIES as they could be poisonous. The mother quite rightly put the officers...

2 comments    family food flowers
We made this tart for Halloween!71

Vegetarian wild mushroom tart

It is late October, the weather has been wonderfully sunny, it is warm, and then the rain came, lightly, and the mushrooms began to sprout. They cover the lawns of our chambres d'hotes, the road sides, the...

0 comments    food wine bed and breakfast
So many mushrooms70

Wild Mushroom Soup

It is the end of October, Halloween, All Saints Day, (or Toussaint) and the weather here in France is warm and wet - perfect for mushrooms! Les Trois Chenes bed and breakfast is set in the rolling hills, oak...

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  Picture Credit-Wikipedia Commons75

Backyard Wildcrafting:Your Edible Lawn Part 2

Wildcrafting and foraging for wild foods has often been mistaken as a 'country' pastime. Nothing could be further from the truth. Even city folk can find the most delicious and nutritious of wild foods in...

0 comments    food sustainable foraging
Sunflower- best when in bud, prepare & eat in a similar way to artichoke.58

Flower Power

Flowers have been part of the human diet for thousands of years! Some flowers which are commonly eaten as a vegetable are artichoke, cauliflower & broccoli. The flowers of most herbs can also be eaten. ...

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