Harvesting and Infusing St. John’s Wort
Thursday Food (and Herb) Day! Continuing with the wildcrafting herbal remedy theme, today we will collect and infuse some St. John’s Wort. This pretty herb grows wild all over the place on my homestead and all over the side of the road. Plenty available for sutainable wild harvesting. St. John’s …
Mullein: Harvest and Oil Infusion
Mullein is an herb that grows wild all around us here. It can be used as an herbal remedy for all sorts of things like respiratory problems, earache, lymphatic issues, inflammation, pain, and many more. It can also be used to make a vanilla-ish extract. I won’t get in to …
Starting Out With Wildcrafting
Wild foraging is gathering wild plants to eat. Many people around here gather fiddleheads, wild blueberries, and maple sap. Maple syrup, as you may well know, is kind of a big deal around here. But there is far more out there to be found. From raspberries to cattails, there is …