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Hawthorn Wine (& Mead)
Hawthorn wine is a delectable drink perfect for sipping on warm summer evenings. Made from the berries of the hawthorn tree, this wine harbors a pleasing pink to red hue and ages well. To make...
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Foraging Hackberries (Celtis occidentalis)
Hackberries are an incredibly tasty wild fruit, that actually tastes a bit like a sweet fruit covered nut. The outside is pulpy and sweet, like a prune (but with more flavor) and the inside is a...
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Dehydrating Tomatoes
Drying tomatoes at home is a simple way to preserve tomatoes for pantry storage. Add dehydrated tomatoes to pizza, sandwiches, soups, sauces, chili and more! Best Tomatoes for Dehydrating Although...
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Dehydrating Pears
Drying pears at home is a simple way to preserve this fruit for a healthy snack right from your own pantry. These sweet fruits don’t keep long when fresh, but they store wonderfully as dried pear...
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100+ Things to Forage in Fall
Fall foraging is some of the best you’ll see all year, and it seems like there’s abundance around every corner. No matter where you are, be it in the woods, open fields, or simply on your lawn,...
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Rosehip Wine (& Mead)
Rosehip wine is a delightful way to use rosehips in season. When made with sugar, it’s a simple country wine with plenty of flavor and rich color. For a real treat, it can also be made with honey as...
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Foraging Chestnuts (Castanea spp.)
Chestnuts (Castanea spp.) are an edible wild nut that’s a real treat to find in the woods. They used to make up a substantial portion of the Eastern Woodland, and now they’re quite rare. The sweet...
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Foraging Wild Apples (& Crabapples)
Wild apples and crabapples (Malus sp.) are easy to identify wild edible fruits that are available just about everywhere in the US. Here in Vermont, it’s hard to walk more than a short distance down any...
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How to Freeze Dry Watermelon (& Other Melons)
Freeze-dried watermelon is a fun treat for kids to crunch on and super simple to make at home. The concentrated flavor and crispy texture makes for a truly unique treat! Freeze-dried watermelon is a...
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Wild Grape Wine (& Mead)
Wild grape wine is the perfect way to use your foraged grape harvest. Wild grape wine is a spectacular way to make use of wild grapes. Although not as sweet as regular store-bought grapes, they contain...
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Ground Cherry Wine (and Mead)
Ground cherry wine is a tropical treat for northern gardeners, and it gives you a delicious sweet pineapple/strawberry-flavored drink in a glass. Sometimes called husk cherries, these little yellow...
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Blackcurrant Wine (& Mead)
Blackcurrant wine is a lovely deep, flavorful wine. Dark and intense, this berry wine is rich and easy to make at home. Blackcurrant wine Blackcurrants themselves are very tannic — they possess a...
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Plum Wine (& Mead)
Plum wine is a classic country wine that’s sure to please! A three gallon glass carboy of plum mead. I made a tripple batch, but this recipe is sized to make either one gallon of plum wine or mead....
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Damson Wine (& Mead)
Damson wine is a luscious homemade plum wine, crafted with full flavored damsons. It finishes more like a fine red wine than a country wine, and it’s well worth seeking out damsons to make this at...
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How to Freeze Dry Strawberries at Home
Freeze-dried strawberries are one of the best freeze-dried foods out there. While they can be expensive to buy, freeze-drying strawberries at home is simple! My kids never get tired of freeze-dried...
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Foraging Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) is a medicinal and culinary herb with a long history of practical use. Modern medical science confirms many of these centuries-old uses but also adds some cautions for use....
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Foraging Hazelnuts (Corylus sp.)
Wild Hazelnuts (Corylus sp.) can be incredibly prolific, providing a nutritious food source to humans and wildlife alike. The nuts are tasty, and store well in the shell, and believe it or not, the...
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Chokecherry Wine (& Mead)
Chokecherry wine is a tasty way to use up a bumper crop of wild foraged fruit. Chokecherry wine is a spectacular treat to share and savor. A wine that is both full-bodied and delightfully tart, it can...
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Beginners Guide to Seed Saving
Saving seeds at home can be tricky, but once you understand the basic principles, you’ll be able to produce your own high-quality heirloom garden seed year after year. Some of our homegrown crops,...
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Foraging Wild Gooseberries (Ribes sp.)
Wild gooseberries (Ribes sp.) can be prolific in shady, wet woodland locations. The distinctive spikey fruits are certainly eye-catching, and they’re well worth the foraging effort. Spikey fruit isn’t...
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