This episode’s Action Points:
Forage Your First — Use one of the links or books below to choose an easy first wild plant. Wood sorrel or dandelion are great places to start. Then, go out and find it, and give it a try!
New Plant Challenge — Whether you’re new to foraging or a seasoned forager, you can challenge yourself by adding one new plant a month this summer.
Eat Wild Food Outside — Wild food is awesome, but eating it outside is even better! You’ll get the added benefit of more relaxation and nature, which means more absorption of those awesome nutrients in your wild foods.
Share Wild Foods — As you develop a passion for foraging, make sure to share your harvests with others to get them interested. Or, if you’re new to all of this, start the adventure off with a friend and you can learn together!
Links:
The ReWildU Wild Edible Video Playlist — Fun videos on harvesting and using wild plants.
Eat The Weeds — A great ID website with TONS of plants.
Sunny Savage — Mostly based in Hawaii, Sunny has a book and videos that share fun foraging.
Sam Thayer — If you’re in the Midwest, this is the wild food guru for you! Awesome books and website.
The Forager Chef — Check this out for INCREDIBLE wild food recipes!
Tom Elpel — Lots of offerings, including “Botany in a Day”, a book that teaches you how to ID plant families.
Wildflowers of Wisconsin — This one isn’t “easy to use”, but if you take the time to ID with it, you’ll learn your plant families. Wisconsin and surrounding states only.
Seek— A naturalist app that helps you ID plants, animals, fungi, birds, and more!
Wild Homesteading— Our friend Daron has an awesome website for anyone looking to bring more wild things into their yards, and increase their wild harvests at the same time!
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