Leaf, Root Fungi, Fruit
U-Pick Produce at Local Farms
For a true hands-in-the-dirt connection to your sustenance, gather a few friends or your family and head to a u-pick farm.
Farewell to Leaf, Root, Fungi, Fruit
Five years ago, a few of us were hiking in the Rattlesnake outside Missoula. We meandered along watching birds, eating leaves, finding mushrooms, and enjoying …
Shaggy Parasols
The color blue isn’t in the Bible. Research suggests we didn’t recognize it as a color back then. I believe the world is filled with …
Spring Kings Porcini Mushrooms
I normally feature lesser-known species here in Leaf Root Fungi Fruit. However, there is a mushroom whose awesomeness is so unquestionable, that in spite of …
Opportunistic Hunting
I called my pal Rick, a farmer, for direction on what to do next. I was standing before a dead ruffed grouse. He told …
Fairy Clubs
Gnomes and fairies live near mushrooms. If you want to find the little people, patches of fairy clubs are your first stop. An essential part …
Inky Caps
Instead of releasing spores into the wind to be carried off in endless raining of zygotes upon the planet surface, inky caps produce an enzyme …
Ballhead Waterleaf
Some plants ‘speak’ louder than others, standing out in an eye-catching way. The first time we walked into a patch of flowering camas, I said …
The Snowbank Mushroom
In celebration of spring, people flock to their secret locations in search of morels. They start hunting weeks too early, unable to rein in their …