Four Easy Steps to Washing Your Herbs

Washing Herbs in cold water
January 6, 2022 0 Comments 3 tags

Previously we have gone over drying herbs and plants. You can also freeze them. But someone asked me, what do you do to make sure that the plants are clean?

25 plants you’ll want to harvest before winter

October 7, 2019 0 Comments 0 tags

With summer gone, some people are bummed that winter is coming up. Don’t despair! There are still plenty of plants you can collect to make into yummy snacks or healing

How to Tell the Difference Between Cow Parsnip and Devil’s Club

May 14, 2019 0 Comments 0 tags

Hey there! Last year I heard within two weeks of each other two different people who thought devil’s club and cow parsnip were the same plant. Now, both can be

When “All Natural” can do you harm.

All natural Poison
March 28, 2019 0 Comments 0 tags

Hey there. Recently I was reminded that just because something is organic or claims that it’s “all natural” doesn’t mean that it’s going to be okay for you to use.

What to do with that birch sap: How to make birch syrup

March 14, 2019 0 Comments 5 tags

Last week I went over how to tap a birch tree. Today we’re going to go over what you can do with the birch sap, including freezing it, using it

How to conservatively tap birch trees for sap

March 5, 2019 2 Comments 5 tags

Ah! It’s March already! That means spring is JUST around the corner, which means tapping birch trees is just around the corner too! But it’s okay, you still have a

11 Plants that will stop bleeding

February 26, 2019 0 Comments 6 tags

Hey evryone! With hiking season fast coming upon us, I thought it would be good to give you some plants that you can use in case you get cut while

Invasive plants you’ll want to watch out for.

Invasive species
January 25, 2019 0 Comments 2 tags

We all know that some weeds, like dandelions, are useful. However, there are some that weeds that are invasive, even if they are useful. When we say invasive, we mean

13 plants you’ll want to use to relieve bug bites

January 15, 2019 0 Comments 16 tags

So, it isn’t quite spring when the mosquitoes come out. However with the warmer weather, I thought that I saw one! That made me think of plants you can use

What’s in a name: getting into the weeds of taxonomy

January 8, 2019 0 Comments 2 tags

A while back, I wrote a post on why knowing the scientific name is important. If you’re discussing a plant with someone whose native language isn’t English, you can use