Americans are overworked, stressed, and skipping vacations. When they do take a vacation, they aren’t going to fabulous places like the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and they should.
National Parks Passport Program
A quick introduction to the National Parks Passport program, and links on how to get your own.
Ponca State Park, Nebraska
An overview of Ponca State Park, Nebraska. Beautiful park over the Missouri river, excellent for camping, hiking, angling, birding, and hunting.
A Great Gift For A Beer Snob- Upcycled wall mounted bottle opener.
A unique DIY gift for beer snobs or beer aficionados. Rugged, yet modern and functional, this bottle opener station makes for a great project. Upcycling a thrifted drawer front into a wall mounted bottle opener.
Preserving Chanterelle Harvests
How to prepare, and freeze chanterelle mushrooms, as well as other food items in premeasured units.
Polyporus squamosus Epic Failure of a Recipe
What not to do with your Polyporus squamosus (Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Back) mushrooms.
Stuffed Morels
Stuffed morels in cream sauce with farfalle.
Morel Rangoons (cheese puffs)
A twist on classic rangoons (cheese puffs) using dried morel mushrooms for a vegetarian alternative.
Pokeweed- Phytolacca americana
Pokeweed. Why I don’t consider it an edible and what you should eat instead.
Morel Stuffed Pork Loin
Decadent morel mushroom and ricotta cheese stuffed pork loins. A flavorful alternative to frying your morels.
Dryad Saddle, Pheasant’s back- Polyporus squamosus
Identification of the Polyporus squamosus mushroom.
Henbit- Lamium amplexicaule
A delicious and nutritious spring edible that grows wild. Eat the weeds!!
Spicebush- Lindera benzoin
Space bush, a wild alternative to cinnamon.
Dead Nettle- Lamium purpureum
Dead nettle: a delicious and nutritious spring green.
Chickweed- Stellaria media
A healthy, delicious spring and summer green.
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