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PEX1 - Wildcraft and Guerrila Gardening

 
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Location: AB, Canada (Zone 4a - Canadian Badlands)
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Just a disclaimer - I have no experience here other than some wildcrafting as a kid walking the pasture with my Dad.
Remove things, switch it around, add stuff, whatever needs to be done.

White Belt

Identify 5 species of local trees
- For each tree, learn about the medicinal and edible parts
Identify 5 local (wild) plants by family.
- For each plant, learn about the medicinal and edible parts
Identify 10 local plants and their roles in a perma system (nutrient accumulators, nitrogen fixers, pollinator attractors, pest confusers, habitat, wildlife food and fodder, etc)
Look for/identify 5 indicator plants (dandelions, clover, etc)
Identify 5 areas locally that are essentially ignored (related to Guerrilla gardening)
Identify one area that has a relatively stable water supply (like beside a creek or river, boggy area) (related to Guerrilla gardening)
Create 10 seed balls with beneficial plant seeds (not necessarily food) and distribute
Create 10 seed balls with beneficial plant seeds - edibles, herbs, medicinal and distribute


Green Belt

Identify 5 mores species of local trees
- For each tree, learn about the medicinal and edible parts
Identify 5 more local (wild) plants by family.
- For each plant, learn about the medicinal and edible parts
Use knowledge from above practically
- harvest from the (edible) plants you have learned about to include in a meal you create
Learn how to accurately identify mushrooms
Identify 5 local mushroom species
Create 20 seed pods with beneficial plant seeds (not necessarily food) and distribute (and track?)
Create 20 seed pods with beneficial plant seeds - edibles, herbs, medicinal and distribute (and track?)


Brown

Learn about the rest of the plant families
Identify examples locally
Create more meals and (?)medicines - possibly oil extracts, tinctures, balms
Identify more mushroom species and use in meals
Find a spot to guerilla garden and do it, including flowers, herbs, and vegetables

Black

Use only your knowledge, foraging skills and product from your guerilla garden to provide food for yourself for one month - possibly an allowance here for a quantity of dairy, eggs, meat to go with the foraging/garden
 
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