| What all could you do if getting money was | | | | 1. Harvesting Floral Greens: |
| simply a matter of going up on the hill out behind | | | | - For the Floral (year-round) and seasonal |
| your house and picking it off of a tree, pruning it | | | | (Christmas-Thanksgiving) markets. (This market |
| off of a bush, or just picking it up off of the | | | | alone accounts for hundreds of millions of dollars |
| ground? Wouldn't that give you a since of security | | | | annually. As an example, just consider the |
| just knowing that whenever the need arose, | | | | hundreds of tons of Evergreen boughs that are |
| whether it was for an unexpected expense, or | | | | bought and used every holiday season (from Oct. |
| you just need a little extra money to buy that | | | | thru Dec.) by the massive wreath making |
| toy that you just couldn't afford before, that the | | | | industry. And the floral industry demands |
| money will always be there just waiting for you | | | | hundreds of tons of filler greens all year long. Just |
| to pick it up? Sure it would! It's like having money | | | | visit any florist shop and look at the sample |
| in the bank. And that is why Wildcrafting, though | | | | arrangements. Every green item you see, that is |
| often overlooked and forgotten, is a great way | | | | not a flower, was most likely harvested from the |
| to make quick easy money. | | | | wild by a Wildcrafter.) |
| Wildcrafting is so basic and simple that most of us | | | | 2. Harvesting Herbs: (late Spring, Summer, and |
| take it for granted. Just think back for a moment. | | | | early Fall) |
| For a lot of us our first taste of | | | | - For both culinary, medicinal, and pharmaceutical |
| entrepreneurialism was picking mistletoe, bundling it | | | | uses. |
| and wrapping it up all pretty and selling it door to | | | | 3. Harvesting Flavorwoods: (year-round) |
| door or out in front of our local supermarket in | | | | - For the liquid smoke, restaurant, and the |
| order to raise a little extra money to buy our | | | | smoked meat industries. |
| family members gifts for Christmas. Though we | | | | 4. Harvesting Mushrooms: (late Summer-early Fall) |
| did not understand it at the time, we were | | | | - For both culinary and pharmaceutical uses. |
| participating in that age old occupation of | | | | 5. Aromatics: (year-round) |
| Wildcrafting, although at a very basic level. | | | | - For the hobby and crafts industry and |
| In reality the business of Wildcrafting has almost | | | | commercial and industrial cleaning and air |
| unlimited possibilities. It is no longer limited to the | | | | freshening manufacturers. |
| kid harvesting mistletoe for holiday ornaments. Or | | | | 6. Decorative Woods: (year-round) |
| the mysterious hooded figure prowling the back | | | | - For the wood-turning, musical instrument |
| woods in the middle of the night searching out | | | | manufacturing, and artificial tree and shrub |
| wolfs bane, man root, and eye of Newt. No, | | | | manufacturing industries. Plus hundreds of other |
| Wildcrafting is big business for those who | | | | items. The point is that no matter where you live |
| understand the industry. With hundreds of millions | | | | in this country, there is something that is native |
| of dollars changing hands annually, it truly is one of | | | | to your area, that is growing on our public lands |
| the best ways to make quick easy money that | | | | (BLM, Forest Service, etc.) that has an established |
| there is today. | | | | commercial market. And all you have to do is |
| The field of Wildcrafting is expansive and partially | | | | learn what it is, where it is, and how to harvest |
| consists of... | | | | and market it. |