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Forager's Harvest

Forager's Harvest

http://foragefood.blogspot.com

A blog about growing and foraging food, including herbs, fruits, nuts, berries, and vegetables. Lots of information on canning, drying, and using the harvest.

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  • Nervine Herbs - Life123

    Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 15:44 in st johns wort, valerian, skullcap, nervine herbs

    Herbs have the benefit of strengthening the nervous system without the extreme side effects of prescription medications used for nervous conditions. Some herbs do carry side effects, but they are generally milder than those of prescription drugs. Exp...

  • Meaning of Organic Labels and Standards

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 14:21

    There are a number of reasons to eat organic today. Organic foods are:required to be pesticide free free of genetically modified organismstaste betterare more nutritiousHow do you know if the food you are getting is truly organic or if you are just a...

  • Preparing for Winter - Nov 2, 2009

    Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 12:18 in preparing the garden for winter

    It is November 2nd and with Halloween over, I took down the Halloween decorations. I use the bailed hay to cover the garden ground for the winter. It prevents seeds from spreading and controls weeds in the spring.Before the first frost, I picked all ...

  • Herb Infused Oils

    Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 20:25 in organic, olive oil, jojoba, mountain rose herbs, apricot kernel, herb infusion, infusing herbs, oil infusion

    When I write about infusing oils with herbs, I frequently advise that you do not need to use jojoba, apricot kernel or other more expensive oils for infusing herbs. I have had many people comment that they haven't heard of using organic extra virgin ...

  • Elderberry in Kansas: October 7th, 2009

    Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 11:27 in fruit, kansas, october, september, tincture, elderberry, forage, allergy tea

    Well, I sent out a post to our local freecycle list requesting that anyone who had wild elderberry that weren't planning to use, kindly allow me to forage for it on their property. I received a response from a fellow list member explaining that he ha...

  • South Carolina Peaches - August 15th, 2009

    Posted on Monday August 17th, 2009 at 09:57 in peaches

    We just got back from a trip to South Carolina. We went to Brendt's graduation from BASIC and then to Myrtle Beach to swim in the ocean. On the way back to Kansas, we stopped at a road side stand and bought a box of well advertised "farm fresh peache...

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