12 MUST-KNOW Backyard Medicinal Herbs (Foraging Medicinal Herbs)

Pantry Chat - Homesteading Family

Learn about urban foraging and the skillsets needed to forage for food in your surrounding areas. Whether you are living in a rural area, suburban, or urban area, these tips will help get you started and these are our 12 favorite herbs to find in the wild.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:10 - Chit Chat
7:33 - Lehmans Sponsor
9:46 - Fermented Foods
12:31 - Raising Pigs
13:47 - Main Topic
15:25 - Dandelion
20:39 - Nettle
24:06 - Plantain
27:00 - Cleavers
29:22 - Sheep Sorrel
31:32 - Clover
33:48 - Mullein
35:39 - St. John's Wort
39:07 - Pine
42:22 - Chickweed
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