Tag Archives: Wild Foods

Its started already-The dryer’s are full and will be till fall

Its the time of year that we start preserving food for the coming winter, and I am currently drying Stinging Nettle (for my own use, I like the fresh spring nettles for house use), Clover for winter chicken feed, and … Continue reading

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New 140 foot Elderberry Hedge row on the farm.

So we spent a number of hours moving those baby Elderberry’s out of the bed they were in, and we had enough to do more then just one back row of them in hedge space, we have enough to do … Continue reading

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Bumper Crop of Baby Elderberries Bushes

When we moved to our little farm, one of the first things we did when spring arrived was start looking at our local bushes in the hopes that we would have lots of wild food, what we had the most … Continue reading

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Dandelion, Horseradish, and Burdock

Ah, fresh Dandelion, once of the first spring plants ready and willing to become greens in the kitchen, I picked out four nice big plants out of my patch and into the house they came, split with cut off at … Continue reading

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Coltsfoot-Flowers and Flower Stems

The first flowers of spring locally have arrived, our Coltsfoot is up and in full flower, the flowers rise out of the ground on them stems coming many weeks before the leaves will show themselves. I picked a full cup … Continue reading

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New on the Farm…

Its been a busy couple days, we have a new lamb, a new litter of bunnies, with another one on the way soon and jar’s filled with the most wonderful homemade maple syrup. Its very light in color to me, the color … Continue reading

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