We made a quick road trip up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last weekend which was long overdue for some free public land camping. This time, instead of backpacking, we did some boondock car camping and hiking in the national forest…
Enjoy this photo essay of stunning Sunday sunsets over the Douglass Park lagoon, “catch and release” squirrel hunting with the fellas, sycamore seed balls and dappled bark, chinkapin, honey locust, hackberry, and bodark, hundred+ acre park walks, honking geese flocks and a…
Some snapshots from my weekend witch walks with the fellas in our local haunts… Foraging a fistful of yarrow, mugwort, bergamot, crabapples and hawthorn. I’m using these foraged treasures and brewing up some meads- the photos in this post are of a…
Happy Public Lands Day! Went for a birthday weekend walk along the Kankakee River, and while I didn’t find any good mushrooms, there were plenty of nuts. Acorns, black walnut, hickory, and… Coconuts? Found a dozen stashed at the base of a…
What’s a better way to celebrate a harvest festival than with a meal of wild foods? Lugnasadah, or Lammas, is the first of the harvest festivals- a cross-quarter day in the modern “Wheel of the Year”. It’s August 1st, the midpoint between…
