Another easy food to forage in winter, at least around here in the parts of the Eastern woodlands that are predominantly mixed forests, is the wintergreen plant. Wintergreen is a plant that grows primarily by forming colonies with massive connected underground roots that thrive in the woody duff. For our…
A few years ago when I was doing small game trapping more regularly in the late fall and winter, I would regularly enough forage in between checking traps. Even going into winter with the snowfall I’d be able to find at least a little. The main area I trapped at…
I almost always carry a knife with me. Now, I can understand that not everyone is going to do that, but I get really confused about other people being surprised or not understanding why people carry knives. Once upon a time it was pretty common for people to have small…
