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The Botany of Common Milkweed

There is a patch in my garden that is designated especially for milkweed. I began doing this to feed the butterflies. The first year I did this I was stunned at the delightfully fragrance spewing from the flowers. Once I noticed those beautiful little flowers, they quickly became one of my very favorites! Common milkweed…

Alexsmundt

March 17, 2021

Botany, herbs, wildcrafting

butterfly milkweed, common milkweed, dogbane, food, forage, foraging, identify plants, identify weeds, milkweed, plant identification, swamp milkweed, wildcraft, wildcraftng

Extra Wild Rice with Chickweed, Nettle, & Violets

This salad makes a great side dish. It’s also wonderful on a bed of lettuce with your favorite dressing, or even rolled up in a wrap. Plus, it’s very easy to make. Go wild with this salad! Stinging Nettle Stinging nettle is like the wonder food. It’s so jam packed with nutrients and its effects…

Alexsmundt

May 9, 2020

herbs, Recipes

chickweed, clean eating, detox, food, forging, healthy food, nettle, salad, stinging nettle, violets, weight loss, weightloss, weightloss food, wild rice, wildcrafting

How to Harvest and Crack Black Walnuts

Easy and detailed process to dry and crack black walnuts. Here we are 4-8 weeks later, ready to crack open our dried black walnuts. Once you get the hang of it its pretty easy to get the nut meat out. It’s all in the hammer technique.

Alexsmundt

November 16, 2019

wildcrafting