A runner, N, at the recent Grafton 15k Trail Run came up to me after the race and mentioned that he’s been looking for wild violets to use to make […]
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Category: Foraging
Northville-Placid Trail XC Skiing
An old friend, “S”, who recently returned to the area of my home town and I have been trying to meet up for an outdoor activity. I get the text: […]
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Dried Reishi Tea Powder
I found some really nice Reishi mushrooms. I chopped them up into small pieces, and processed them in the food processor. It happened to be an unusually sunny and arid […]
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Cider #12
9/14/21 I rode my bike to Hannaford and picked a bunch of nice apples from the tree in front of the supermarket. I squeezed 3 gallons of juice from apples […]
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Lots of Rain = Mushrooms
I’ve been neglecting my mushroom hunting duties after having rain every day for many weeks. I finally went for a run with B and G and found at least five […]
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Making Flour from Rye
I found some kind of grain growing alongside a new bike path in the area. Following some basic identification methods, it appears to be rye as best I can tell. […]
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Grilled Day Lilies
I just discovered that the beautiful day lilies in my backyard make for good eats! I ate one raw the other day and it’s quite good! I read someone describe […]
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Red Elderberry Juice
I discovered several big red elderberry plants on my bike ride the other day. After a fair amount of reading, there is a lot of information out there about how […]
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Toasted Young Wheat with Milk
I’m making the bold assumption that the wheat-like plants recently planted on the new section of the Zim Smith bike path are, in fact wheat. I ate a small handful […]
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Rail Trails around Clifton Park
Little did I know linking up several area bike paths for a ride around Clifton Park would lead finding somebody’s wallet strewn along a stretch of road, finding wheat growing […]
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