In the last week or so I got a coal from White Ash on White Ash bowdrill and several handrill coals with Horseweed on Basswood. The Horseweed is great, the best I have experience with the possible exeption of Yucca and Mule-fat but has the added bonus of growing around here.
My co-instructor Chris [...]
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Posted in Plants, friction fire on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This years bounty and eating a little Wild.
Posted in Acorns, Animals, Plants, Wild Edibles on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This year has been amazingly bountiful in New England as far as wild plant food goes. The nut trees have been dumping acorns, walnuts and hickory nuts by the bucketfull, so much in some places that I have watched people slip on them like so many marbles dropped on a floor. I have [...]
