Plants Coastal Oregon. Blooming large leaf plant Oregon coast called Skunk Cabbage. Western skunk cabbage is an ancient prehistoric plant with giant green leaves when mature. One of many large plants that grow along the Oregon Coast. Coastal plants have a long history of use by Indigenous Peoples who utilized many native plants for foods, […]

Let’s learn how to collect stinging nettle stalks for string making and cordage. The best time of year when the days get shorter, and the leaves begin to turn autumns colors. Is when the Nettle plants are no longer in flower and the plants energy retreats back to its roots for a winters sleep. This […]

Summertime Berries is fruit picking time in the Pacific northwest. Fresh juicy ripe edible berries! Yum, yum, yum! We recently enjoyed a big pan of blackberry cobbler from these ripe berries we picked. And you can too. Foraging for wild edible berries is great fun. A rewarding outdoor activity for friends and family. Listed in […]

I am a pushover for the edible blue elderberry. Sambucus cerulea and S. racemosa, an amazing shrub that offers the knowledgeable forager a tremendous bounty of uses. Parts of the blue elderberry are used for making friction fire, musical instruments, hunting weapons, and traps. late summer and early fall are the best time to harvest […]

Foraging edible mushrooms in the forests of the Oregon coast led us to this striking King Bolete.  A popular edible for mushroom foragers. Each fall this choice mushroom springs forth from the damp earth of the forest floor. Providing an array of fungi and other beneficial wild edible plants. Boletes edulis, also known as Porcine, […]

In this How to article. You will learn how to harvest ripe elderberries with tips and tricks to make your harvesting elderberry simpler.

Melissa officinalis or Lemon Balm in common speak. Is a member of the mint family (Lamiaceae). A medicinal, square stemmed herb originating from southern Europe. Lemon Balm is now a naturalized medicinal plant in the US and Canada. Sometimes called Bee Balm as honeybees favor this herbaceous plant. Mildly antiviral, the hairy leaves made into […]

Foraging for wild food is an ancient practice. Our forefathers knew this practice to be a direct physical connection to the Earth. A connection that brings a person to the deepest appreciation and understanding of the natural world. by Bethany Staffieri Benefits of Wild Edibles Today’s modern lifestyle interrupts this foraging tradition and is nutritionally one […]

Chickweed is a common wild edible plant that is packed with vitamins and minerals. It grows in shady, damp, habitats. What does a hardcore macho, worm eating, outdoor, fungi, survival teaching professional eat for breakfast? Chickweed of course. Stellaria media, with its juicy, tender, slightly sweet leaves, and stalks. For a quick go to food […]