by Dan Riegler | Dec 9, 2013 | DIY, Frankincense, Wildcrafting
There are many questions about Frankincense that show up regularly through the search engines. They make excellent material for posts, and since we are getting close to the “Holiday” season, with Frankincense and Myrrh such traditional symbols in holiday...
by Dan Riegler | Nov 22, 2013 | Apothecary, Astrodynamics, Distillation, DIY & Recipes, DIY & Recipes, Essential Oils, Plant Alchemy, Plant Alchemy, Wildcrafting
Distilling Wild Ginger Essential Oil Distillations, mistillations and musings No matter how much experience and knowledge we have, how much care and control we exercise, we will still, on occasion, make critical mistakes. We are quick to record and share our...
by Dan Riegler | Nov 3, 2013 | Frankincense, Harvest to Table, Wildcrafting
That predictable seasonal shift from garden and woods, to study and laboratory progresses like clockwork. A lot has been going on in the study/lab the past few weeks. Planting, growing, harvesting and hunting lead to new materials for extractions, tinctures and...
by Dan Riegler | Oct 24, 2013 | Harvest to Table, Wildcrafting
To Blewits and Beyond, the last Wild Mushroom Hunt What a pleasant surprise!! Last Saturday’s Wild mushroom hunt was a wonderful success with a great turn out, including visitors from Delhi, Selkirk, and Hamilton! Though this time around we didn’t...
by Dan Riegler | Sep 19, 2013 | Apothecary, Frankincense, Perfume, Wildcrafting
Boswellia-Frankincense Rivae. Freshly harvested Incense Resin from Ethiopia As those who keep an eye on my Facebook page know, I received a surprisingly fresh shipment of resins and oils from Ethiopia. Surprising, because I have never seen such freshly harvested...
by Dan Riegler | Aug 17, 2013 | Apothecary, DIY & Recipes, DIY & Recipes, Harvest to Table, Wildcrafting
Homemade Elderberry Wine is, without a doubt, the most refined, distinguished and classic wildcrafted wine I have ever made. I would love to show you how it is done. Now is the time. The Elderberries are starting to ripen and are perfect for making Elderberry wine,...
by Dan Riegler | Jul 18, 2013 | Apothecary, DIY & Recipes, DIY & Recipes, Harvest to Table, Wildcrafting
I know I do go on about what a bountiful year it is this time round. It is true though. I,m fairly certain I am not the only one to notice that the wild fruit are begging for a bowl or blanket under their branches,and that one literally stumbles over wild...
by Dan Riegler | Jul 5, 2013 | Harvest to Table, Wildcrafting
For Lisa Well folks it is official, this is the year of the bountiful cornucopia, the horn of plenty in Southern Ontario. The year of abundance that every wildcrafter, harvester in the wild, dreams about. With all the rain and sun and rain and sun and rain and...
by Dan Riegler | Jul 5, 2013 | Harvest to Table, Wildcrafting
Wild Mushroom Hunt- a Father Son Moment I have been a single father, for, well feels like, Forever. In reality only for this last incarnation the past 2 decades. There was one incarnation where I was a sculptor, then I did an incarnation as a craftsman, then, when I...
by Dan Riegler | Jun 20, 2013 | Astrodynamics, DIY & Recipes, Harvest to Table, Wildcrafting
Wild Ginger – Asarum Canadense,Ontario Since I posted my recipe for candied wild Ginger made from dry wild Ginger, I have been itching to make the “from fresh” version. I had to be patient, waiting till it had finished flowering and seeding itself,...
by Dan Riegler | Jun 18, 2013 | Apothecary, DIY & Recipes, DIY & Recipes, Harvest to Table, Wildcrafting
Well, finally, after what seems like months of babying, nurturing and feeding my dandelion wine during its primary fermentation, stretching it out for many weeks more than it is usually called for, I have given it its final racking and taken it down to the cool...
by Dan Riegler | Jun 9, 2013 | Harvest to Table, Herbal Remedies, Wildcrafting
Angelica Archangelica. There was no waffling or indecision when whoever it was, came up with the name for this stately and aromatic plant, Angelica Archangelica. Ruled by the Sun, Angelica is a fragrant, medicinal and culinary delight in all its parts. Medicinally it...
