Learn how to grow elderberries for food and medicine, right in your own backyard! Elderberries can be grown from cuttings, starts, or seeds. Growing elderberries is easy! Why Grow Your Own Elderberry Shrubs? Elderberries have become extremely popular in recent years due to their powerful immune boosting properties. Because of this popularity herbal shops and…
70+ Elderberry Recipes & Remedies for Food & Health
It’s no secret that elderberries are a superfood with many undisputed health benefits! These tasty elderberry recipes will leave you with tons of ideas of how to use these immune-boosting wild berries. Wildcrafting Weeds If you want to learn more about the edible and medicinal weeds that surround us and how to use them, check…
Foraging St. John’s Wort + How to Make St. John’s Wort Oil & Salve
When the sunny yellow flowers of St. John’s wort start to appear then I know that summer is here! It is such an unassuming little plant that often grows along roadsides, but it is a powerful herbal ally. It is a great plant to know how to forage for, as it grows nearly everywhere and…
80+ Mint Recipes: Drinks, desserts, remedies + more!
These 80+ mint recipes for food and medicine are sure to please! Use up all of that mint in your garden with these recipes for food, drinks, desserts, bath & body, and remedies. Cooking and Using Mint There are many reasons to grow mint, but we all know the best reason, that delicious intense flavor…
Kosher Dill Pickles: Canning Recipe
{This post is sponsored by Ball® Fresh Preserving} As August rolls along, I’m usually busy in the kitchen canning up whatever I can! Whenever there is an excess in the garden I try to preserve it so that I can enjoy it through the fall and winter. I particularly love making pickles, even more so…
Nasturtium Flower Infused Vinegar
Nasturtiums are an easy-to-grow edible flower with an old fashioned feel to them. They have been growing in and around gardens for centuries! If you look in the original Peter Rabbit book by Beatrix Potter (originally written in 1893 and published in 1902) you will see nasturtiums in the beautiful illustrations. Since the nasturtiums I…
Green Tomato Salsa Verde: Canning Recipe
{This post is sponsored by Ball® Fresh Preserving} If you have a lot of green tomatoes in your garden, this green tomato salsa verde recipe is for you! It has the subtle tang of green tomatoes with a hint of lime. This green salsa is perfect paired with chips, as a taco topper, or on…
Sonoran Desert Foraging: What to Forage in Summer
While it may not seem like there is much to forage in the desert, there are quite a few edible and medicinal plants that have been used throughout history! Learn about Sonoran Desert foraging and what is available in the summer in this sparse but beautiful desert region. Wildcrafting Weeds If you want to learn…
Elderflower Muffins with Honey
In late spring to early summer, elderflowers are in bloom. This time of year seems magical to me, right at the crux of the summer solstice! The creamy blossoms don’t last long, and I always feel the need to do something with them. Elderflowers are both edible and medicinal, so there are many choices on…
Strawberry Honey Butter: Homemade Preserves
This recipe for strawberry honey butter is truly amazing and I know it will be a new favorite in your household! Strawberries are one of my favorite things to preserve because they are delicious and my family loves strawberry jam. Late spring and early summer mean fresh strawberries, and they are always a welcome sight!…
