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Autumn colors in full blaze at Wildroots |
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Making seedballs
with teenagers at Scattergood Friends' School in Iowa on the Feral Visions
tour, November 2004.
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Two of us headed to Florida for a few weeks of fresh citrus
and sunshine.
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On the way down, a little blue heron was found dead on the
roadside.
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From inside its gullet came an entire vole!
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The unique and distinctive Longleaf pine ecosystem of the southeast is disappearing
fast to pine plantations and development. Its 8-10 inch long needles are
used for coiled basketry.
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An Alligator bears its teeth
in the everglades.
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Sea Catfish for breakfast in Tampa Bay.
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Anchovy BBQ on Shell Key in Tampa Bay. |
Whelks are large mollusks that are abundant and easily
scavenged from the shallow water in coastal areas. With the help of
Euell Gibbons' "Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop", we figured
out how to make several meals of them.
This is a left-handed whelk
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cracking the whelk shell |
cracking the whelk shell
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twisting the meat out of the shell |
tenderizing...
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ready to pickle or sautee... |
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Partridgeberry is one of the few fruits available late into the year as
a trailside nibble. Its medicinal qualities are well known for menstrual
ailments and as an aid in childbirth.
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A typical winter scene at Wildroots |
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Winter in the Southern Appalachians, taken at Wildroots in January 2005.
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Another typical winter scene
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This Log makes a great Chipmunk dinner table for nuts. |
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Making Pemmican by pounding jerky into powder. The meat is
then mixed with grease (deer tallow is perfect) and rolled into balls or
stuffed into containers.
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The Pemmican can be taken along on camping
trips to eat as is, or reconstituted into a fat-rich stew. |
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