This week’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is Arundinaria gigantea, otherwise known as River Cane, Switch Cane, or American Bamboo. Although much smaller in size, it is related to Asian bamboo species, and has many similar uses. Once growing in miles-long canebrakes along rivers and creeks throughout the Eastern U.S., river cane has lost much […]
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If outdoor pursuits were the skilled trades, I’d be a master backpacker. If it were like the military, my MOS would be Backpacking Specialist. You get the idea. It’s my thing. I remember my first trip, down Chestnut Lead Trail in the Cohuttas with Boy Scout Troop 241 when I was maybe twelve years old.
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This week’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is Stellaria media, or Common Chickweed. A member of the carnation family, Chickweed is another great example of a common lawn weed that’s way, way more valuable and useful than the grass that grows around it. It grows almost everywhere, and is one of the rockstars of the
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This week’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is Cercis Canadensis, or the Eastern Redbud. Technically a legume, and one of the prettiest trees in the Eastern Woodlands, Redbud is also a versatile edible and medicinal tree. If you’ve grown up in the South (or really anywhere in the East), I can guarantee you’ve seen this
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I’m not a huge fan of the cold. I’m probably the only wilderness skills instructor I know of that doesn’t get excited about camping in the winter. I’m much more at home when the days are long and the air doesn’t hurt to breathe, and I can wade out into the river with a beer
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For those of you who have been with us a long time, you may remember the old SARCRAFT Blog. A lot of you enjoyed the old Instructor Corps Pro Tips and Wild Edible Wednesdays posts back in the day. Well, we decided it was time to bring it back. We know that conventional wisdom says
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