Learn how to make apple cider from scratch with apples from your tree! Homemade apple cider with a DIY cider press is easier to make than you might think. Pressing Homegrown Apples When we moved into our new house, one of the most exciting things for us was the apple tree in the backyard. While…
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Skillet Peach and Blackberry Cobbler
Topped with vanilla ice cream, this skillet peach and blackberry cobbler is the best summer dessert! It is simple to make and easily adaptable, perfect for last minute company, or if you decide on a whim that you want a tasty treat. Learn how to make traditional skillet cobbler, a delicious fruit dessert! Blackberries for…
Foraging for Wild Fennel
I’ve been visiting family on the central California coast, which has been wonderful. I always like going to other parts of the country to see what I can forage, and the temperature here is so mild that you can pretty much find edible or medicinal plants year round. Late spring and summer is when the…
Mugwort Lemon Beer Recipe
Brew a primitive mugwort lemon beer with foraged ingredients. This home brew is easy to make and so delicious! Mugwort is easy to forage for, smells delicious, and is a great herb to use in a homemade beer recipe Homemade Herbal Brewing You may remember several weeks ago that I made a starter from wild…
10 Reasons to Grow Lavender
Lavender is one of the more common garden and backyard flowers, and for good reason. It has so many uses and benefits! I have to admit that lavender is one of my very favorite flowers. It doesn’t take a whole lot of care, looks gorgeous, and is something that I use quite frequently for numerous…
6 Ways to Cook Outdoors (without charcoal or propane)
Cooking outdoors is a must in the summertime. While I do enjoy barbecuing on our gas grill, I love the thought of cooking outside in a more natural way. Cooking with fire, hot coals, the sun, or the earth is really appealing to me in a primal way. I especially love the idea of a…
Wild Berry and Nectarine Galette with Goat Cheese and Fresh Thyme
This wild berry and nectarine galette recipe is an easy summer recipe that’s hard for anyone to resist. Use foraged salal berries, or your favorite foraged or fresh wild berries, then serve warm with vanilla ice cream and you’ll be everyone’s friend for life! Berries to Use (Wild or Not) You might have seen my…
Foraging for Salal Berries and Leaves
On a recent camping trip to the central Oregon coast, we went on hike like we usually do, and came across what we believed to be salal berries! I snapped a few photos, then double checked my guidebooks when we got back to camp, and discovered that they were, in fact, salal berries. We decided…
Plum Upside Down Cake with Lavender Whipped Cream
This plum and lemon upside down cake is the perfect easy dessert recipe for summertime entertaining. It’s baked in a cast iron skillet, then topped with an amazing homemade lavender whipped cream. Delicious! Plums, Lemon, and Lavender I had a bowl of little yellow and red plums sitting on my counter for almost a week….
Elderflower Sparkling Mead
Go foraging for elderflowers, and then make this sparkling mead recipe! This easy homemade sparkling elderflower mead recipe is low alcohol, delicately flavored, and the perfect foraged drink for a hot summer day! Simple Mead Making Ebook Want to learn more about making mead? I have a Simple Mead Making for Beginners eBook just for…
