17 March 2011

Wild food and off grid living in Newfoundland

I thought this may be a better venue to post pictures and describe what I am doing and learning with harvesting and using wild foods. As well as the experience off living off grid. I try to do things by hand as much as possible.
I am going to document the tapping of the birch tree and sap harvest and syrup production as my first project.
I have many others planned and hope that this will spur me on a bit.  Such as coffee from dandelion roots(last year I made a tincture from the leaves as well as tried them out as greens a little too late in the year hence they were too bitter). Noodles and flour from the birch. I plan to try cattail as a root vegetable.
Last year I planted  stinging nettle seeds and if they have germinated I hope to use that as I wild food.<they do grow in Newfoundland<I could not find any so I planted this very nutritious ally.>

2 comments:

  1. Karen, gotta say I'm impressed!!

    Good luck with your endeavours!!

    Regina

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