More Than Weeds:

A Mini Course on Foraging for Beginners


In More Than Weeds: 5 Common Plants to Forage for Food and Home Remedies, wildcrafter Susan Vinskofski walks alongside hesitant foragers to build their confidence. You'll learn to identify, harvest, and use several common weeds in delicious, nourishing recipes, and safe, effective home remedies.

You may already be familiar with a few of the plants. It’s less intimidating to learn the first steps in botany with familiar plants; the skill will easily be transferrable to unfamiliar plants. 

You will learn to look at these plants in detail. And of course, you can always ask questions in each lesson.



In More Than Weeds: 5 Common Plants to Forage for Food and Home Remedies you will learn: 

  • to identify the plants with certainty
  • simple botany terms that apply to the plants
  • how to harvest the plants
  • how to use these 5 common weeds as food and home remedies


Included in the course are:

  • 6 Video lessons averaging 5 minutes each
  • several text lessons with tips for safe foraging and botany terms to know 
  • 10 printable recipes for food and home remedies 
  • recommended resources



More Than Weeds: 5 Common Plants to Forage for Food and Home Remedies:

  • has clear photos of each plant in video format
  • is perfect for both urban and rural settings
  • is useful for all sections of the United States



As you complete this course:

  • your eyes will be opened to how useful many common weeds can be
  • how weeds may be full of nutrition
  • how they have so many medicinal qualities
  • and how they are free for the taking!




Reviews

  • Amazing beginner's course!

    Michelle Jensen

    A very good course for someone who's a complete beginner and might be a little hesitant to get into foraging! IT's not too overwhelming, the videos are short...

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    A very good course for someone who's a complete beginner and might be a little hesitant to get into foraging! IT's not too overwhelming, the videos are short and right to the point and don't make things more difficult than they need to be. I liked that Susan uses actual botany terms and she seemed very professional through the entire course, I, for one, would have no problem going foraging with what she taught. Personally, I wouldn't have minded for the quizzes to have been a bit more challenging but perhaps that's because if you know the plants just a little, it's incredibly easy to get everything right, but that doesn't really challenge one very much.

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  • Basic Information well delivered

    Joanna Witulski

    I enjoyed the information and the encouragement for further research. I also liked how it was accessible with the transcripts.

    I enjoyed the information and the encouragement for further research. I also liked how it was accessible with the transcripts.

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  • More Than Weeds

    Claudette Lougheed

    Awesome. I Didn't realize how versatile these plants are and certainly did not know that stinging nettle was good for anything other than stinging. Lol

    Awesome. I Didn't realize how versatile these plants are and certainly did not know that stinging nettle was good for anything other than stinging. Lol

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  • Good description.

    Karen Hockenberry

    learned more things about these 5 herbs. Found out about dandelion about a month age and have infused oil in the making. Am already using plantain and growin...

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    learned more things about these 5 herbs. Found out about dandelion about a month age and have infused oil in the making. Am already using plantain and growing mullen, it will bloom this year. Bottom line is I really enjoyed this course.

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Course Curriculum

  • 1
    Welcome to the 'More Than Weeds: 5 Common Plants to Forage for Food and Home Remedies'!
  • 2
    Let's get started with dandelion!
    • The Dandelion
    • Cautions Concerning Dandelion
    • Dandelion Leaf Pesto Recipe PDF
    • Dandelion Flower Fritters Recipe PDF
    • The Dandelion
  • 3
    Next up is plantain leaf!
    • Plantain Leaf
    • Cautions Concerning Plantain
    • Plantain & Kelp Plaque-Fighting Tooth Powder Recipe PDF
    • Plantain and Jewelweed Home Remedy for Poison Ivy Rash Recipe PDF
    • Plantain Leaf Healing Salve Recipe PDF
    • The Plantain
  • 4
    And Then Came Mullein!
    • Mullein
    • Cautions Concerning Mullein
    • Mullein Flower Earache Oil Recipe PDF
    • The Mullein
  • 5
    Don't Be Afraid of Stinging Nettle!
    • Stinging Nettle
    • Cautions Concerning Stinging Nettle
    • Stinging Nettle Spanakopita Recipe PDF
    • Nettle & Peppermint Nourishing Herbal Infusion Recipe PDF
    • The Stinging Nettle
  • 6
    Last But Certainly Not Least - the Common Violet!
    • The Common Violet
    • Cautions Concerning Violet
    • Low Sugar Violet Flower Jelly Recipe PDF
    • Violet Flower and Leaf Vinegar Recipe PDF
    • The Violet
  • 7
    All Good Things Must Come to an End!
    • Thank you for participating!
    • Recommended Resources
    • Photo Credits

Your Course Instructor

  • Susan Vinskofski

    Susan Vinskofski

    Susan Vinskofski fell in love with plants and foraging as a young girl on a Pennsylvania mountaintop. There's never been a time in her life when she hasn't been identifying plants, gardening, or using plants to make safe, home remedies for her family. Susan blogs at Learning And Yearning about using plants and living naturally.

Ready to Get Started on Your Foraging Journey?

Testimonials

Abi from They're Not Our Goats

Wonderful!

Abi from They're Not Our Goats

Even though I have been familiar with these plants, I feel like I learned new facts and uses for each plant through this course! I'm also excited to try some of your recipes.
Kara Y.

Thoroughly enjoyed

Kara Y.

This was great! I intend to go through it with my elementary grade children and experiment with the recipes.
by Ashley B.

Beginner in Foraging

by Ashley B.

As a beginner in foraging, I am so incredibly excited to have this course! I found these first 5 plant introductions very helpful and instructive.