Suzanne Shires-
Suzanne Shires of Simple Homestead Living and author of 'Wild Herb Gardening' and 'Wild Things Beyond the Garden Gate".
Wild Seasonings Class- Ever wanted to be able to just hit the woods and instinctively know you're going to find something delicious? Suzanne will discuss some of her most favorite ways to flavor food, whether wild or domesticated.
Suzanne is a North Carolina native homesteader, author, and master herbalist and calls the Blue Ridge her home. She grew up in a large family with acres of gardens, preserving food as naturally as possible. She began canning with her mother at seven years old and learned sustainability from ‘mountain folk’ grandparents.
Being among the first generation in her family to be born in a hospital, she grew up with mountain remedies and found ways to heal from the plants and customs of Appalachia. Over the years she began a serious education into herbalism and whole food nutrition, including foraging edible plants and medicines, fermenting, winemaking, finding nutrition and flavor in wild foods, as well as homemade vinegars, seasonings and herbal remedies.
Her homestead is a hodgepodge of heirloom vegetables, herb gardens, fruit orchards, fields of herbs, chickens and the occasional goat, for suited for living a sustainable lifestyle.
Suzanne is the author of Wild Herb Gardening and Wild Things from Beyond the Garden Gate, available on her website, simplehomesteadliving.com. She is the owner of Go Forage! Games, where she creates fun, factual herbal learning games for herbalists, bushcrafters, homeschoolers and anyone interested in plant knowledge. As a North Carolina backwoods native, she readily passes on her foraging, harvesting, and preserving abilities, teaching others about how to find food and medicinal plants in nature and maintaining health with diet and herbal remedies.