PHOTOS Spring 2004

Fiddleheads (young ferns, edible only before they are unfurled) harvested and eaten with wild greens on the Hike.		An array of wild foods including violet greens, toothwort, watercress, and ramps, Spring 2004 at Wildroots
Rare Ladyslipper Orchid in full bloom on the Appalachian Trail, May 2004		An acorn sprouting an oak tree in early spring, at Moonshadow in Tennessee
Puttyroot, a native orchid seen in the woods near Wildroots, early Spring.		The tributary above Wildroots
A favorite nearby vista above the French Broad River		Fleshing a newly skinned hide at Wildroots, Spring 2004
A roadkill preparation demo at the DIY Skillshare in Athens, OH, late April		Preparing to skin a roadkill skunk in spring 2004
A roadkill possum roasting on an open fire at Wildroots, May 2004		Scraping a deer hide before beginning the braintanning process, at Wildroots in Spring 2004
A snake		Pounding venison into jerky at Wildroots, Spring 2004
Peeling tulip poplar bark for berry buckets and primitive lodge shingles

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