** This summer, well actually mid fall I managed to eventually collect a half a bucket of black walnuts. I had been talking about it a while and kept on procrastinating. It got to the point that wherever

Since I've been sneaking into the forest next to us, I've been calling it the Secret Forest. No one goes there as it's actually private property, owned by the water catchment company.. But I've felt some

Showing off my hunt!!!

On my parents' farm in southern Virginia, the fence line that seperates their private land from the neighbors that have cows grazing is a wild row of Eastern Red Cedars (Juniperus virginiana). They come

This past summer, my partner and I hiked the Colorado Trail, a 'thru-hiking' trail that is about 450 miles or so, but we ended up hiking extra side routes during the walk that addeaed on to our journey.

A new Ground Shots Podcast episode is live today. Sarah Galvin of House of Yore, out of southeast Alaska.

This past fall, after hiking the entire Colorado Trail (and then some extra miles) I landed in Durango, Colorado and set up my primitive bell tent and started harvesting the fruit still available around

A combination of two types of dandelion, plantain and purslane. Theses plants are rich in nutrients and best of all free and plentiful! Grab a book on wild edibles and start incorporating them into your

Mushrooming is cold work, so here's my way to warm everything up.

The beauty of spring can still be seen everywhere! Here's a purple trillium.. isn't it so pretty? So we've been back from Costa Rica a while now... and still it seems not much has been done here at Dreamland

50.shadesof.green ✨CHICKEN OF THE WOODS✨ 💚 Like a sulfur shelf sent from above, chicken of the woods is a wild mushroom tastes like tender + delicately marinated lemon chicken. So, umm, yeah, they’re

If you see this sprouting up along your walkway, what is your first thought? Is it “Arghhh, need to get rid of these nasty weeds?” Or “Yummy! Let’s start harvesting and make a salad, soup, smoothie...?”

I am used to looking things up on my own... but three plants are giving me a hard time! I've not mowed this one down because I want to know what it is, and something tells me I shouldn't get rid of it.

C O N I F E R // M E D I C I N E This past weekend I ventured to the high sierras of California. As everything else is scorching in the foothills and central valley, the high sierra is full of life. The

Books sometimes aren’t only references books, they’re storehouses of memory. Skimming through my shelves the other day, I pulled out this one with a brimming heart – it was really THE reference book for

Thinking about starting to speak more on herbs individually. Is that something you'd like to see and know more of? Bed Straw Common chickweed Purple Dead Nettle Bittercress Melissa Oficinalis aka Lemon

I'm always surprised every time the weather gets nicer all of the variety of edible wild foods that start to come up from the soil. Not even 15 feet from my front door there's about 7 different herbs that

When you see a nettle patch like this sprouting up in your garden, what are your first thoughts? Is it: Oh no!!! Let me get rid of it as fast as I can! Or. Is it: I am so happy!! Nettles are growing. I

When you think of eating weeds in your yard, you are probably imagining something bitter and tough. Purslane is surprisingly mild and delicious. It is described as slightly lemony and a little salty, although

As the Grand Solar Minimum intensifies, more and more of the "regular" green leaf crops we rely on will be reduced in production, but as a substitute,the Spinach Vine is a native of the Caucasus