Thank you @porters. I feel so fortunate to have always lived in such remote/rural places where there's so much nature to inspire me. I'll write more on the pine pollen this weekend. We haven't perfected a system. I know some people sit buckets down and just passively capture some of what falls. Others stick a bucket over the male cones and remove them from the tree carefully.
Some people also harvest cones younger and use those as well as gathering the pollen. I found a video recently that I'll try to find again for you. Apparently, pine pollen is high in testosterone. I've been doing a whole pile of research trying to get a better understanding of the health benefits.
Pine pollen is also a complete protein with 22 amino acids. Containing more than 100 enzymes, and more than 15 vitamins and 30 minerals, along with all the essential fatty acids. It’s also the richest known source for testosterone boosting plant sterols and brassinosteroids.
I have never heard that about pine pollen! This is so interesting. Can't wait for your post on the pine pollen!
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Thank you for this extra info I knew it was very beneficial and we have so much of it here that I thought I should at least lay out some tarps and gather it, filtering out any debri but I curious as to your method. I especially like to know what food I can gather when SHTF and I can't run to the grocery store!
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I wish I could get the photos and a post together @porters. I am totally behind on that. If you gather the cones into paper bags and let them dry out in a dry spot for a day or two they usually release even more pollen. We shake that out using a screen and then a fine mesh sieve. This goes into a glass jar and we refrigerate it.
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