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How to Make Spruce Resin Soap (Using Real Spruc...

Maria Gladue

Spruce resin soap is one of the oldest traditional forest soaps used in northern cultures. Long before commercial detergents filled store shelves, people made soap using simple ingredients gathered from...

How to Make Spruce Resin Soap (Using Real Spruc...

Maria Gladue

Spruce resin soap is one of the oldest traditional forest soaps used in northern cultures. Long before commercial detergents filled store shelves, people made soap using simple ingredients gathered from...

Common Mistakes and Questions When Chewing Spruce Gum

Common Mistakes and Questions When Chewing Spru...

Maria Gladue

Natural spruce gum is very different from commercial chewing gum. Because it is pure tree resin, it behaves differently at first and takes a little practice to understand.  These are...

Common Mistakes and Questions When Chewing Spru...

Maria Gladue

Natural spruce gum is very different from commercial chewing gum. Because it is pure tree resin, it behaves differently at first and takes a little practice to understand.  These are...

How to Chew Spruce Gum (Complete Beginner’s Guide)

How to Chew Spruce Gum (Complete Beginner’s Guide)

Maria Gladue

The Alberta Wildcraft Forest Chewing Guide. I wrote this guide because buying spruce or pine resin gum is only the first step — learning how to chew it is the...

How to Chew Spruce Gum (Complete Beginner’s Guide)

Maria Gladue

The Alberta Wildcraft Forest Chewing Guide. I wrote this guide because buying spruce or pine resin gum is only the first step — learning how to chew it is the...

Mastic Gum vs Spruce Gum: Benefits, Differences, and Why Natural Chewing Gum Is Trending Again

Mastic Gum vs Spruce Gum: Benefits, Differences...

Maria Gladue

For thousands of years, humans chewed natural tree resins. Long before modern commercial chewing gum existed, people across the world turned to trees for a durable, aromatic, and traditional chewing...

Mastic Gum vs Spruce Gum: Benefits, Differences...

Maria Gladue

For thousands of years, humans chewed natural tree resins. Long before modern commercial chewing gum existed, people across the world turned to trees for a durable, aromatic, and traditional chewing...

We’re Done Chewing Plastic: Why Spruce & Pine Resin Gum Back

We’re Done Chewing Plastic: Why Spruce & Pine R...

Maria Gladue

Let’s get straight to it. Most chewing gum sold in stores today is made from plastic.Not sugar. Not plants. Plastic. The chewy base in almost all commercial gum — the...

We’re Done Chewing Plastic: Why Spruce & Pine R...

Maria Gladue

Let’s get straight to it. Most chewing gum sold in stores today is made from plastic.Not sugar. Not plants. Plastic. The chewy base in almost all commercial gum — the...

Medicinal Uses of Spruce and Pine Resin: Traditional Forest Medicine, Practical Applications, and Cultural Knowledge

Medicinal Uses of Spruce and Pine Resin: Tradit...

Maria Gladue

Spruce and pine resin have played a foundational role in forest-based medicine for thousands of years. Long before the development of modern pharmaceuticals, resinous substances derived from conifer trees were...

Medicinal Uses of Spruce and Pine Resin: Tradit...

Maria Gladue

Spruce and pine resin have played a foundational role in forest-based medicine for thousands of years. Long before the development of modern pharmaceuticals, resinous substances derived from conifer trees were...