Identification, harvesting, and medicinal properties of salal, a Pacific Northwest evergreen shrub with a long history in traditional herbal medicine.
Herbal Focus: Salal, Gaultheria shallon
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Here’s What to Forage This Autumn — Wild Food Recipe Included!
With autumn just around the corner, there is no better time than now to start thinking about your wild food game plan.
Urban Foraging 101: Discover a Bounty of Nutritious (and Free) Wild Food Right Outside Your Door
You may be surprised at how many wild edibles you can find in urban environments — and even in your own backyard!
No-Till Gardening: Revolutionizing the Way We Grow Food & Herbal Medicine
Let’s dig into the basics of establishing a no-till garden and how it can revolutionize the way you grow food and herbal medicines.
Herbal Focus: White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Ready to reap the benefits of eastern white pine? Identification tips, what and when to harvest, and its edible and medicinal uses.
The Wild and Wonderful World of Golden Chanterelle Mushrooms; Plus Food Preservation Tips & Recipe!
It’s time to discover chanterelle mushrooms! Learn more about foraging, cooking, and preserving this powerhouse of taste and nutrition.
Amanita muscaria: A Legendary Mushroom With a Healthy Twist
How to locate, harvest, and prepare the impossible-to-miss Amanita muscaria mushroom safely during your foraging adventures!
My Three Favorite Summertime Wild Foods for Detoxification
Looking for an inexpensive way to detoxify without using a range of supplements? The answer may be found in your own backyard!
Herbal Focus: Bladderwrack(Focus vesiculosus)
Bladderwrack, a common type of seaweed, is a nutritional powerhouse and can be used for a variety of medicinal and beauty purposes.
Elevate Your Meals With These Healthy Condiments — Wild Food Recipe Included!
Explore a few of Nicole’s favorite go-to condiments that will elevate your meals to a whole new level of flavor and nutrition.
Discover the Power of Butterbur for Migraines, Allergies, Inflammation and More!
Butterbur is a perennial, delicious wild food that is famously known for its ability to reduce the frequency and severity of migraines.
Stinging Nettle: A Power-Packed Wild Green for Allergies, Arthritis, Inflammation and More!
A Delicious Superfood with Many Uses Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is one of those nutritious wild foods that has a wonderful range of uses. Many know this prickly plant for it's allergy-taming properties, but nettle is also a superfood in its own right. High in...
Herbal Focus: Maple (Bigleaf) Acer macrophyllum
Winter morphs into spring, and the big maple leaf blooms are emerging here in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more about these versatile flowers.
The Gut/Brain Axis: How Nurturing Your Microbiome Can Defeat Depression, Anxiety, and More
Addressing the state of your gut microbiome is an important aspect of healing if you struggle with depression, anxiety, brain fog.
Why (Almost) Everyone Should Eat Seaweed — Wild Food Recipe Included!
Dive into one of Nicole Apelian’s favorite superfoods for healthy living – if you’ve never tried seaweed, you are in for a treat!
Now is a fantastic time to enjoy foraging and wild foods. Recipes included!
A few basics of what to keep in mind while safely foraging, as well as some favorite wild foods and recipes.
There’s No Better Time Than Now To Go Wild For Alpine Blueberries!
All about bog/alpine blueberries – a power-packed superfood which can help protect you against cancer, aging, and cardiovascular disease.
Suffering from pain, inflammation, or insomnia? Wild lettuce may help
Wild lettuce (also known as opium or prickly lettuce) is an outstanding wild food and herbal remedy, famous for its ability to address pain.
Magical Morel Mushrooms: A Savory Wild Food for Boosting Immunity, Inhibiting Cancer, and Defeating Infections
Morel mushrooms are a wild, health-promoting superfood with many medicinal benefits and outstanding flavor.
Plume Thistle: A Powerful Medicinal Herb and Delicious Wild Food Rolled into One
Plume thistle may be a prickly weed found throughout the world, but it’s also a nutritious food and medicinal herb with many uses.
The Wild and Wonderful World of Cattails, Nature’s Plant-Based Corn Dogs
Cattails are an outstanding wild food for survival – boasting nutritious edible shoots, roots, and pollen.