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Plants and Trees
What burns, what heals, what feeds, what harms.
Bark, moss and spruce gum
Plants and Trees
What the woods hand you for free: tinder, bedding, cordage, patching and a bit of rough medicine.
Cattails
Plants and Trees
The tall marsh plant with the brown seed head. Something to eat in every season, and fluff that catches a spark.
Fiddleheads
Plants and Trees
The spring shoots of the ostrich fern: how to know them, how to pick them, and the cooking that keeps you from getting sick.
Labrador tea
Plants and Trees
The low bog shrub with rusty wool under its leaves, how to be sure it is the right one, and how to make a weak, safe cup.
Plants to leave alone
Plants and Trees
The poisonous plants that grow where we walk, and the one rule that keeps you safe.
Rose hips
Plants and Trees
The red fruit of wild roses: where to find them, when to pick, and getting the hairy seeds out.
Trees worth knowing
Plants and Trees
The trees that give you fire, shelter and material here.