Wild Food

A food forest takes time to create.  It’s a big job, especially when you’ve got a lot of ground to cover. Although most…

There’s a good reason why bees love dandelions. This early spring flower is a nutritional powerhouse. When it comes to abundant, resilient, nutrition,…

Roses are a treasured part of our herbal apothecary and we let them grow wild and free on our homestead. Not just an…

A hot bowl of sorrel (green borscht) soup is a sure sign that spring has finally arrived. Often mixed with sorrel, nettles and…

This recipe for healthy homemade chocolate is beautifully simple. Once you’ve made a batch, you’ll be happily whipping up guilt-free chocolate whenever those…

One of my favorite culinary ingredients to work with is the rose, which includes using both the rose petals and the rose hips.…

Digestive bitters are ancient medicinal herbal extracts, used through the ages to treat digestive ailments and flavor alcohol. Bitters are made from a…

It’s that time of year and I’ve got an itchy scratchy throat and sniffles. I decided to gather rose hips from the garden…

Homemade extracts are such enjoyable and beneficial concoctions to have in your kitchen. They add complex flavours to drinks, desserts and savoury recipes…

Recently I wrote about the natural health benefits of fireweed and told you all about this powerful healing plant. One thing I didn’t…