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Ribes 12 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Ribes comprise the genus of currants and gooseberries, of which a number of wild varieties grow in the southwest mountains (and other places as well, I'm sure). I've been calling all those plants "cur...
and All That the Rain Promises 10 Aug 2013 | 04:05 am
A recent trip to local mountains resulted in A spotting the first of what turned out to be three nice cauliflower mushrooms: Cauliflower shrooms have a slightly citrus-y scent and a firm texture and,...
Urban wildlife interface 31 Jul 2013 | 05:30 pm
Moose and squirrel? No, cat and squirrel. Endless entertainment for both parties, although the cat swears he's going to gut the tree rat.
A bit of rain 25 Jul 2013 | 08:59 am
As document at points north, and points north and east, drought hasn't broken but it has at least bent with some storms over the last few weeks. A slightly early monsoon summer that's trying to work u...
Celebrating Independence Day 5 Jul 2013 | 03:51 am
and wishing you all a happy 4th of July (Watermelon, too, is a Chesapeake Heritage Food)
Spruce cured salmon 21 Jun 2013 | 06:00 am
The flavor of the spruce tips we recently came across- citrus, pine, faintly berry, seemed a good pairing for salmon. Having some coho fillets in the freezer from last fall, we essayed to cure and smo...
Spruce cookies 16 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
Relying mostly on a recipe from the Boreal Gourmet, A and I took some of our recently gathered spruce tips (actually, douglas-fir in our case) and made shortbread. Removing the "paper", the brown cap...
Chesapeake (Bay retreiver) heritage foods 12 Jun 2013 | 05:00 pm
Booker has, over the course of the last few years, informed me that certain types of eats fall under the category of "Chesapeake Heritage Foods". I'm sure others who are familiar with the breed (I'm l...
Signposts 9 Jun 2013 | 04:55 am
A and I took a little break last weekend and headed up into some of the local mountains- our first trip to any sort of elevation this year. Ostensibly, this was a scouting trip for deer (in very diffe...
perspective 2 Jun 2013 | 05:30 pm
"Peter Parker is the guy who got bit by the radioactive spider, the toxic bug if you will, and became Spiderman. Normally he's a nebbish. No money, no prestige, and no future. But if you try to mug hi...
