On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
This week’s wild food required a little more preparation than previous weeks. I thought it would be nice to have some spruce tip honey, but knew that it takes long enough to make, that it would not be possible to pick and prepare on Wednesday. Connor and Rowan had a day off from school Monday, … Read more
Pictures from a hike up the West Fork of Indian River
A couple of days ago I noticed pollen cones maturing on a Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis). For some reason I had not realized that they started with the brown scales just like spruce tips (the new growth). It also occured to me that they grew in the same locations as you might normally expect to … Read more
