My Favorite Things

Nesting

 
 
 
 
 

Learning

 
 
 
 
 
 

Foraging

 
 
 
 

These are the tried and true items I use while foraging!

In WA you’ll need a Discover Pass and NW Forest Pass DO NOT FORAGE WITHIN MOUNT RAINIER PARK

 

I use this to carry my tools, books, blanket, food, and water. It doesn’t have enough airflow for plants

You can use this instead of the backpack. Take the liner out before filling it with plant material

Use this hori-hori for digging roots more shallow roots

For thick plant material like stalks and small branches

For thin plant material like hawthorn flowers/berries

 
 

One of the most important rules of foraging is air flow for your plant material. It heats up and begins degrading, so don’t use any sort of sack unless it’s made of mesh. This is why we use baskets.

 
 
 
 

If you gather Devil’s Club or are digging lots of roots

For loosening up the area around large/deep root balls

For kneeling while digging, picnics, rain guard/wrap, etc

For cutting thick woody stems and branches. Willow/Devils Club

For getting high elder/hawthorn berries

 
 
 

Bear Spray

Rescue Whistle

 

Pee without pulling your pants down

Awesome Water Filter

Emergency Must Have

 
 

Gardening

 
 
 
 

These are the items I use for seed starting. I’m hoping to get a video up on youtube showing how to do it, so I’ll link it here when it’s done!

 
 
 

Baking Bread

 
 
 
 

Kombucha

 
 
 
 

Medicine Making Supplies

 
 
 

Quart Jars

Pint Jars

Half Pint Jars

For straining tea/tinctures

For straining infused oil

 
 
 

Funnels for filling bottles

Funnel for straining or filling large jar

For pressing tinctures

My most used tool

For formulating

 
 
 

Immersion blender for lotions/creams

Scale for weighing plants/beeswax

Temp controlled oil infusion

2 ounce tincture bottle

1 ounce tincture bottle

 
 
 

2 ounce jar for lotions/salves

4 ounce jar for lotions/salves/scrubs

1 ounce salve tin

 

8 oz bottle for tinctures/elixirs

 

Rollers for essential oil blends