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| HERBMAN |
Posted - Mar 23 2006 : 09:25:29 AM
I to am from ky wildcrafting has played a big part in our history.I would love to see a wildcrafting forum here thanks for you time. |
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| Bluewrenn |
Posted - Nov 26 2006 : 05:41:59 AM
If anyone has a source for sassafras, I'd like to plant some here in Texas (if it will grow here.)
My favorite mulberry memory involved our horse who we taught to help us gather the mulberries. We'd spread a sheet under the tree and Tyke would reach up and grab the tree branches and shake them. Then everyone, including Tyke, would race to gather the most berries. Ours we put in the milk carton, but you had to watch out for Tyke, who'd try to steal the cartons, or try to bite them right out of your hands. (It was hilarious to watch - our friends would come and sit on the corral fence and make it an event...)
Another memory I have is of the persimmon tree we had as a kid. Being the industrious bunch that we were, us kids (I grew up with my dad and sisters) planned a massive feast for my grandparents when they came to visit. We found a recipe in an old cookbook and made persimmon pudding. The only problem is that no one said anything about the pits in the persimmons. So Grandma almost lost a tooth when she bit into the pudding. But it was good, except for that! LOL!!! She laughed about that cooking mistake for years!
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| LynnMarie |
Posted - Nov 25 2006 : 7:49:27 PM
Hi everyone. I never heard of wildcrafting but I like the sound of it.
Mulberries, we have white and purple. I have to say, I still like the purple ones best...childhood memories I guess.
I love to go mushroom hunting. Dad would take me hunting for them as a child.
We grow herbs; I am always looking for new ways to use them. Anyone try chopped horehound in honey for a sore throat? Takes the soreness away immediately. |
| Carol |
Posted - Mar 30 2006 : 09:51:31 AM
Hi everyone! (I started with "Hi girls," but I see we have a guy too - welcome Roger!)
I think this is a topic category instead of a forum -- it could either go under "Herbal Wisdom" or "Garden Gate." You can do it by just clicking on the "start a new topic" link at the top of the first page in that forum. Our intention is to keep the lists of forums pretty short, so they're managable at a glance.
Thanks all!
Carol
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, red wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming 'WOO HOO, what a ride!'"
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| Libbie |
Posted - Mar 29 2006 : 2:18:15 PM
I think that "Herbal Wisdom" would be a great place for it, too. What an interesting topic...
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
| junebug |
Posted - Mar 29 2006 : 12:56:59 PM
Welcome Herbman, you sure are brave to join us hens!! LoL Maybe you should start a thread on wildcrafting under the Herbal Wisdom forum, good home for it. I"ve been wildcrafting here in Missouri for over 10 years, I just love it, and get most of my medicine herbs from the wild.
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| Horseyrider |
Posted - Mar 25 2006 : 6:06:06 PM
Oh my! We're on the same track here. I grew up in Indiana, where sassafras was plentiful. I remember chewing the stems of leaves many a summer day when I was a kid. Once in a great while I'll see one here in Illinois, and seeing those mitten leaves (some with two thumbs) is like finding a long lost friend. We sometimes buy the extract for tea, because there aren't enough plants around.
We can find some poke here, and plantain. Do you ever eat young lamb's quarters? When they're older they're regarded as an annoying weed, but when they're young they taste like a delicate spinach.
I grew up on a river, and wouldn't have dreamed of eating the crawdads. But a few years ago a friend of mine and I had a strange New Year's Day feast. She had a boyfriend then who was a trainer at Arlington, the big racetrack here outside of Chicago. For a New Year's Eve party for his clients, he had a New Orleans theme and flew in a major Cajun feast. She grabbed the leftovers and filled nearly a whole garbage bag with leftover shrimp and crawdads. They'd been poached in a peppery liquid and were so delicious! We sat in the middle of the tack room in the barn where I had my horse then and gorged, and we hardly made a dent in that bag. Life was good.
About your mulberries. We have them EVERYWHERE. I've noticed that most of the berries around here have a flavor more like grass. They're really not all that tasty. Is it the variety of mulberry? Or are we in a region that's bad for them? I'll tell you though, the possums and coons don't mind.
When we lived in southern Indiana, there used to be several wild persimmon trees nearby. Have you ever had the wild ones? We used to go collect the ones off the ground, as the ones on the tree weren't ripe enough to eat and would make you pucker for a week! But the ones on the ground were soft and sweet. We'd make persimmon pudding when we had enough persimmons, and would serve it with whipped cream laced with honey and cinnamon. These persimmons were tiny, only about as big as a half dollar at the biggest. There was a place that sold canned persimmon for awhile, but they quit doing it by internet. You have to drive there to get it.
I don't know possum grapes; what are these? |
| HERBMAN |
Posted - Mar 25 2006 : 3:57:27 PM
I remember as a young boy growing up in ky we had a mull berry tree and we waited for the fruit to get ripe then we would climb up the tree and eat all we wanted.But we had to beat the Grey Squirrels to the tree because they love mull berrys too.
I can remember wading the cumberland river catching crawdads and picking possum grapes and eating them.I later found out that crawdads was supposed to make a good gumbo but as to date I have never eaten crawdads or frog legs they say they are good.
Here are some of the greens I can remember grandma used to pick plantain,speckled dock,wolly britches,sweet polk,polk I can remember as well digging sassafrass roots and grandma boiling them to make tea. |
| Horseyrider |
Posted - Mar 25 2006 : 05:18:33 AM
I haven't seen morels in our area in awhile, but last fall we had a bumper crop of puffballs. I made sure that some of them stayed and dried and broke, and a couple of others I picked and ate. For those that aren't familiar with puffballs, they easily get as big as a basketball, and will make the biggest pot of cream of mushroom soup you ever saw! I was able to get by with just one for my family, and took one to a 96 year old woman I know who's fond of them. The rest I left to make spores for next year.
This is one of the reasons I love riding horses in the woods. My horses are tall, so I have to scope things out on horseback and come back later on foot; but if I had shorter horses I'd just ride back with saddlebags and get them then. It's hard getting on an animal when you can't even see over their backs.
Welcome to the board, Roger! I look forward to more of your posts. |
| sugarsfarm |
Posted - Mar 24 2006 : 9:47:45 PM
Morel mushroom hunting is a regular thing to do in our family. They are SO tasty!! I just love wandering the woods trying to spot one, cause you know when you see one theres a whole bunch!! I cant wait till May when they will be out!!
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi |
| HERBMAN |
Posted - Mar 24 2006 : 2:28:15 PM
I miss spoke in my earlier post wildcrafting pertains to harvesting herbs not cultivated.Its been a quite few years since I have had plantain but I think polk is still eaten regulary in the spring. |
| ThymeForEweFarm |
Posted - Mar 24 2006 : 1:57:39 PM
ohhhhhhhhhhh! I thought you meant things like cutting wild hops or grapes to use the vines for crafts, or drying wildflowers - things along that line. We call what you're talking about wild harvesting. Gotcha!
We pick strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, apples and mushrooms. We also havest fish, venison and partridge. Plantain is practically a weed in my yard. I've never eaten it but do feed a little to the rabbits.
Robin
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| HERBMAN |
Posted - Mar 24 2006 : 11:52:02 AM
Wildcrafting could be growing your own herbs for cooking uses or picking them in the wild some are used for home medical purposes and for teas.When I was a young man we used to wildcraft plantain and polk these are some great tasting greens.We also wildcrafted morel mushrooms in the spring they are highly sought after.This is just a few things about wildcrafting. |
| Libbie |
Posted - Mar 24 2006 : 11:18:09 AM
I am intrigued by the word "wildcrafting." What exactly is it?
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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