Slim Pickins edition

Slim Pickins edition

Happy New Year, food & foraging friends! January can feel like a letdown after the holiday hoopla – especially for hungry foragers left with little but pictures of their prized finds from the year prior. It can still be a fun time for fungi, and fun guys and...
Ever eat a pine tree?

Ever eat a pine tree?

Happy December, food & foraging friends! “Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible.” That was the infamous line from a 1974 television commercial for Post Grape Nuts cereal featured wild food icon Euell Gibbons, and I still find myself asking people...
Fall berries and herb preservation

Fall berries and herb preservation

Happy November, food & foraging friends! The weather has been primo for outdoor activities, and though mushroom season is winding down, I’m digging into other gifts of nature this month. While most think of berries as a fleeting summer treat, some are...
Fall fruits, hens and chicken of the beach

Fall fruits, hens and chicken of the beach

Happy October, food & foraging friends! I can’t believe it’s halfway through October already — a fun month for foraging. I’ve been stumbling on lots of small but sweet wild persimmons (pro tip: do not eat them until they’ve fallen to...

September Edition of The Wild Life

Hello food & foraging friends! It’s September, and that means the emergence of many delectable treats around us, from pawpaws, the nation’s largest native tree fruit, to honey mushrooms, the largest organism ON EARTH! I’ve also been snacking on...