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Tinder Bracket Mushroom - Fomes fomentarius

Tinder Bracket Mushroom - Fomes fomentarius

Tinder bracket or conk got its common name because it can be dried and used for tinder. Its proper name is Fomes fomentarius and I harvest it from the Adirondack...

Tinder Bracket Mushroom - Fomes fomentarius

Tinder bracket or conk got its common name because it can be dried and used for tinder. Its proper name is Fomes fomentarius and I harvest it from the Adirondack...

Artist’s Bracket Mushroom - Ganoderma applanatum

Artist’s Bracket Mushroom - Ganoderma applanatum

Artist’s Bracket, Ganoderma applantum, is a bracket fungus that I harvest from fallen trees in old growth forests in the Finger Lakes region and Adirondack Mountains. It has a white...

Artist’s Bracket Mushroom - Ganoderma applanatum

Artist’s Bracket, Ganoderma applantum, is a bracket fungus that I harvest from fallen trees in old growth forests in the Finger Lakes region and Adirondack Mountains. It has a white...

About Manuka Honey Cold Sore Salve

About Manuka Honey Cold Sore Salve

This cold sore salve is made with wild organic Rose Hips (Rosa canina) ,wild organic lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), USDA organic licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra), and wild organic horsetail (Equisetum...

About Manuka Honey Cold Sore Salve

This cold sore salve is made with wild organic Rose Hips (Rosa canina) ,wild organic lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), USDA organic licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra), and wild organic horsetail (Equisetum...

Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

Medicago lupulina, commonly known as black medick, nonesuch, or hop clover, is a plant that grows worldwide in dry, disturbed soil. It is closely related to alfalfa. It is also...

Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

Medicago lupulina, commonly known as black medick, nonesuch, or hop clover, is a plant that grows worldwide in dry, disturbed soil. It is closely related to alfalfa. It is also...

Sweetgum - Liquidambar styriciflua

Sweetgum - Liquidambar styriciflua

Sweet Gum Tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, is a beautiful, deciduous tree native to the Americas. Its seed pod balls are large and spiky, resembling some of the more irritating pollen grains...

Sweetgum - Liquidambar styriciflua

Sweet Gum Tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, is a beautiful, deciduous tree native to the Americas. Its seed pod balls are large and spiky, resembling some of the more irritating pollen grains...

Another Goldenrod Post

Another Goldenrod Post

At least 8 varieties of goldenrod (solidago) grow in my area, pretty much all in the same, sunny conditions. The aerial parts have many beneficial effects, and it is generally...

Another Goldenrod Post

At least 8 varieties of goldenrod (solidago) grow in my area, pretty much all in the same, sunny conditions. The aerial parts have many beneficial effects, and it is generally...