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Crow wrote:According to herbalist Susun Weed, comfrey leaf is perfectly safe. Only the root is damaging to the liver.
Seventhson, do you harvest any burdock root this time of year?
Too bad we don't have a survivor forum for this, as it might be fun to share ideas--foraging/farming/gardening techniques, commodites, that kind of thing. I kind of miss the Y2K thing
Seventhsonjr wrote:I am not sure about the best way to prepare this and root preparation always seems like hard work.
Any suggestions?
Nightshade berries and flowers in VERY small doses are also reported to be good for loving and were used by Africans brought to the Americas. Scary huh?
But stinging nettles destroy me. (Although I drink the tea --- safe when dried)
chiggerbit wrote:Sorry,Seventhsonjr, foraging might work on a short-term basis (like MAYBE two or three months for the very knowledgeable) but is not a longer-term solution for a severe food crisis. The main solution, as I see it, would be in farming/gardening and storage techniques, not foraging, not for a population of this size.
As for the yeast, one package of commercial stuff will make a sour-dough starter that can last for years, nay, generations, even centuries, if you know the tricks. I am lucky, live near a Mennonite bulk food store, where it's all quite a bit cheaper, pay for a half-pint bag what you probably pay for one of those little triple-packets.
Too bad we don't have a survivor forum for this, as it might be fun to share ideas--foraging/farming/gardening techniques, commodites, that kind of thing. I kind of miss the Y2K thing.
chiggerbit wrote:Let me guess: Kentucky coffee tree beans, right? I have some of those trees here, couldn't figure out what they were when I first moved here.
One tip for serious survival involves getting enough vitamin c so you don't get scurvy. I have two tips for that: the flesh on rose hips, and the "horns" on regular sumac- those fuzzy clusters of rusty-burgandy berries make a great tea. But make sure you don't use the poison sumac. :shock: Around the countryside here we have these horrible multiflora roses that have invaded ditch and pasture with abandon. The rose hips on these are quite small, but there are lots of them. Domestic roses make great rose hips, too.
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