Whether you spend a majority of your time in nature or not, we often take for granted all that it can provide to us. For example, if you ran out of rope or fishing line, you could create some using the plants around you. If your tent or shelter became damaged, you could build a new one using foliage. And if you run out of food or find that its become compromised, you can turn to the vegetation for some nutrition. You just have to know which ones are safe to ingest and how to prepare it!

Plants, berries and flowers are not the only edible greenery in the wilderness. The bark of trees gives us yet another option to turn to whether we need to eat something or whether we're just curious to give it try in our kitchens. You can even turn it into a bacon-like food!

Continue on to learn how to harvest edible bark without killing the tree along with the many other uses for bark!

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