The Value of Animal Tracking Skills
Tracking wildlife is not only fun, it can help you protect pets and livestock, develop hunting skills, and make sustainable decisions.
Continue reading →Chocolate Ice Cream: Smooth, Creamy Custard Style
Recipe for the smoothest, creamiest, and richest chocolate ice cream ever. With these detailed instructions, you’ll surpass any scoop shop’s chocolate ice cream. Really and truly.
Continue reading →Prevent Frostbite of Chicken Combs
Prevent frostbite of chicken combs by choosing the proper breed. Learn why prevention is important, why certain breeds are more resistant, and why this simple solution is often ignored.
Continue reading →Wintergreen Extract from Birch
Both sweet birch and yellow birch produce methyl salicylate, also called oil of wintergreen. Learn to identify these trees and use them to make an alcohol extract of wintergreen.
Continue reading →River Otter Tracks and Sign: The Basics
Learn the basics of river otter tracks and sign: footprints, trails, slides, scats, etc. This social member of the weasel family delights the tracker.
Continue reading →Foraging Ethic
A foraging ethic is a code of behavior that guides one’s foraging activities in a way that minimizes impact. Harvest common species, avoid spreading invasive plants, tread lightly, and develop and awareness of other animals which depend on the foods you gather.
Continue reading →Wintergreen ice cream brownie torte
This wintergreen ice cream brownie torte uses a quick and simple ice cream recipe, enhanced with homemade chocolate chips and spread on a decadent brownie layer. Use homemade wintergreen extract if you’re a forager, or purchase ready made extract.
Continue reading →Leave seed heads for wildlife
Delay garden clean-up until spring, and leave the dead stalks and seed heads for wildlife. They provides food, water, and cover for many species.
Continue reading →Wintergreen: how to harvest it and make an alcohol extract
How to identify, locate, and harvest wintergreen leaves and berries, and use it to make an alcohol extract to give your culinary creations a wonderful minty flavor.
Continue reading →Eggnog ice cream with rum raisin sauce
Recipe for eggnog ice cream made with whole eggs, and easy rum raisin sauce. Serve them with a dollop of whipped cream for a special holiday sundae.
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