The downside with seeds is you get equal numbers of male and female plants.
We found our seaberries at a local nursery, and since they propagate so easily they were about $10 each. I do see a few places online that sell them, but they're expensive (plus expensive shipping). The good thing is, once you have a few, you can divide them easily enough to make more. Here are a few options:
Very good timing that I stumbled on this post this morning.
I was walking during my lunch hour and actually spotted Horsetail flower cones (which I had never noticed before) so I harvest some to try tonight! I love all the visuals, thank you Ashley ☺️
Wow!! What a huge blessing to have all of this goodness. I wish I lived in your region! Can't wait to try the fish canning - thank you for the teaching and for giving us the confidence to do it. It'll be the first time I've opened my pressure canner ever, and I've owned it for 2 years! 🫣
What an inspiring post again! I am reading it at 5 in the morning with the nightingale singing loudly. Soft May rain takes care of the background. It seems to me the right music when I am absorbing the magic of your Garden of Eden. Thank you for doing such a great job!
I can discarded white fish carcass after filleted by fish market located in Munising, Mi caught in Lake Superior, bones and all. Best tasting "tuna" we've ever eaten. And I know where a 1/2 acre of field horsetail grows, free of pesticides and herbicides> Will harvest and try it as a snack. Knew about the silica but did not know about eating the stuff, thanks. At 79 I have my share of joint issues!
It's the first time I'd ever heard about horsetails. I googled them and the UK pages tell me they're an invasive weed! 😂I will definitely be keeping an eye out for them from now on. I've learned something new today and it's not even 8am! 😍
Surprisingly, I've never seen horsetail in my rural, zone 6 part of the world. Are these usually found in the woods, or in more open spaces? Thanks for sharing all of those beautiful photos!
They're found along sidewalks, roadsides and as a garden weed. They're as common as dandelions in my yard and garden, especially in the sunny dry patches along my driveway, but some places don't have near so many. Once they're established they spread rapidly through spores, so I think they're either present and everywhere...or not.
Posting a question from Christina that I recieved via email (since I bet she's not the only one with the same question):
"Where did you get your sea buckthorn bushes? I've been having a hard time finding them!"
Strictly medicinal seeds sells seed, and they grow really fast from seed. (Though you do need to cold stratify and scarify the seed before planting, so it's too late to do that process this spring): https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/product/sea-buckthorn-hippophae-rhamnoides-seeds/
The downside with seeds is you get equal numbers of male and female plants.
We found our seaberries at a local nursery, and since they propagate so easily they were about $10 each. I do see a few places online that sell them, but they're expensive (plus expensive shipping). The good thing is, once you have a few, you can divide them easily enough to make more. Here are a few options:
https://raintreenursery.com/collections/seaberries
https://www.etsy.com/market/sea_buckthorn_plant
https://wintercovefarm.com/shop/sea-berry-trio/
https://www.burntridgenursery.com/mobile/searchprods.asp
Very good timing that I stumbled on this post this morning.
I was walking during my lunch hour and actually spotted Horsetail flower cones (which I had never noticed before) so I harvest some to try tonight! I love all the visuals, thank you Ashley ☺️
Nice! So glad you found them =)
thanks! can't wait to try them. My beach is loaded with clams and the salmon run starts in September
Wow!! What a huge blessing to have all of this goodness. I wish I lived in your region! Can't wait to try the fish canning - thank you for the teaching and for giving us the confidence to do it. It'll be the first time I've opened my pressure canner ever, and I've owned it for 2 years! 🫣
What an inspiring post again! I am reading it at 5 in the morning with the nightingale singing loudly. Soft May rain takes care of the background. It seems to me the right music when I am absorbing the magic of your Garden of Eden. Thank you for doing such a great job!
So glad you enjoyed it Iris!
Great info Thank You.
Pheasant Backs Morels Wild Garlic and young mullein!
I can discarded white fish carcass after filleted by fish market located in Munising, Mi caught in Lake Superior, bones and all. Best tasting "tuna" we've ever eaten. And I know where a 1/2 acre of field horsetail grows, free of pesticides and herbicides> Will harvest and try it as a snack. Knew about the silica but did not know about eating the stuff, thanks. At 79 I have my share of joint issues!
That sounds amazing!
It's the first time I'd ever heard about horsetails. I googled them and the UK pages tell me they're an invasive weed! 😂I will definitely be keeping an eye out for them from now on. I've learned something new today and it's not even 8am! 😍
They can be pretty invasive, so they're one of those things you can harvest all you want without worrying about damaging populations.
Surprisingly, I've never seen horsetail in my rural, zone 6 part of the world. Are these usually found in the woods, or in more open spaces? Thanks for sharing all of those beautiful photos!
They're found along sidewalks, roadsides and as a garden weed. They're as common as dandelions in my yard and garden, especially in the sunny dry patches along my driveway, but some places don't have near so many. Once they're established they spread rapidly through spores, so I think they're either present and everywhere...or not.
Hi Ashley
I was searching for your canning recipies for the salmon and clams but couldn't find them. can you post a link?
thank you
I think in her post she said she'd have recipes up for the fish canning later this summer. I can't wait to give it a try!
Here is the salmon canning tutorial: https://creativecanning.com/canning-salmon/
For the others, the University of Washington has a free download with instructions (no pictures), but it's handy: https://pubs.extension.wsu.edu/canning-seafood