Medicinal properties of late blooming thoroughwart - how to harvest and preserve late blooming thoroughwart for an infusion.
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Harvesting and Preserving Late Blooming Thoroughwart

Bymarnie

What is late blooming thoroughwart? What are the medicinal properties of late blooming thoroughwart? And how can you preserve it to use in infusions to assist with fevers and colds? Late blooming thoroughwart (aka late boneset) is a flowering plant in the aster family which is native to North America. It was known as a…

chicken of the woods - medicinal uses, harvesting, preserving, purchasing, northwest georgia
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Chicken of the Woods: Harvesting, Preserving and Preparing

Bymarnie

Our “spirit tree” at Spirit Tree Farms, a pre-Civil War oak that we fondly refer to as “The Old Woman of the Woods,” has produced chicken of the woods mushroom at the end of July 2022 and 2023. This year’s harvest was especially prolific. We harvested the pieces with a knife and then brought it…