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The Curious Wildcrafter

The Curious Wildcrafter I love to forage and share my knowledge about wild edibles. If you are curious what is edible and what is not, you are in the right spot!

I will take you with me on my meanderings around town and my jaunts through the woods!

05/03/2025

Come try some stinging nettle soup at the Salisbury Holistic Fair. Saturday and Sun 10-4

04/09/2025

Blackberry shrub left over from last summer, while I cook supper.

04/02/2025

New batch of Solomon's Seal is ready!

02/13/2025

Tulsi ( Holy Basil ) is one of my favorites for tea. I grew it in my garden last summer. Easy to grow and attracts pollinators. Helps to reduce stress and anxiety, cerebral stimulant ( reduces mental fog) insulin levels and cardiovascular health, and more.

01/28/2025

Pantry challenge. Spatchcock chicken ( meat king), dressing made from our own red potatoes and homemade white bread, carrots ( stored in sawdust since fall) beets (roasted last fall then frozen) Lambs quarters ( blanched then frozen) cranberries ( foraged in the wild ) homemade pickled beets and dill pickles.

We still have so much in the freezer I think we could do another month. Lol

01/17/2025

Deviled eggs for lunch!

01/05/2025

Acquired 2 big bags of red onions. Dehydrating 10 trays, pickled red onions and frying up the bits.

01/02/2025

Day 2 Pantry Challenge. Turkey soup in a pie shell. Delish!

01/01/2025

Pantry challenge has begun. Day 1. Pork roast with roasted baby potatoes, squash puff and roasted zuchini. Home made applesauce and wild cranberries sauce.

10/01/2024

Made some shrubs this summer. So good!!

08/05/2024

My view for the next couple of days!

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Salisbury, NB
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I am curious.

I had a book when I was young called Harriet the Spy. She was a spy. Well, she wasn’t really a spy. She was really just a kid who was incredibly curious. I remember thinking, I could be a spy. I was curious.

I am still curious. I am curious about people. Who they are, where are they from? Why they make the choices they do? I am curious about objects. How are they made? How do they work? I am curious about cultures, traditions and rules. Who, what, where, when and how?

But most, I am curious when I am in the woods.

Have you ever been out hiking a trail, or 4-wheeling down an old abandoned track, or fishing a stream and think…what is around the next bend?

That’s me.

I am also very curious about plants. There is nothing more peaceful to me that spending time in nature. I can be walking on a path in the park, or in the undeveloped, trail-less wild and in no time at all a pretty flower will catch my eye I am off the path. Perhaps a bright mushroom, or a flowering shrub. Out comes my trusty Peterson Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants to see what it is. Is it colonial? Is it familiar? Question, questions. I always arrive back home or to our campsite with pockets filled with specimens.

While dinner is being concocted by the camp chef (Jamie) I often can be found in my lawn chair, with a glass of wine and my library (I travel with my resources) identifying our finds.

Early spring in one of my favorite times to go 4-wheeling in the woods. It is much easier to see the earliest plants without a whole lot of ground cover. It is often just my husband and me. We were gifted with helmet communicators a couple of years ago and it has made life easier. Now when I am no longer behind him, he already knows that I have yet again found something interesting to check out.

Can we eat it?

I have realized recently, that thanks to that curiosity, I have taught myself how to be a forager. We have an abundance of fresh food available to us. Whether you live in the country or an urban area, I can teach you how to recognize edibles, gather, and prepare them.

Did you know that some of the sweetest and earliest greens that grow in your flower beds are being pulled out as weeds? Are you interested in fresh organic produce at a very low cost? I am on a voyage of discovery and I will take you along as we forage and prepare what we gather.