Oaks and the Mighty Acorn: Harvest, Process and Enjoy!
Acorns: the nuts from oak trees. When you read this post and watch the live video we add, you’ll realize that this seems like a lot of work, even with […]
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Filbert / Hazelnut Milk & Truffle Dessert Recipes
Beaked Hazelnuts (corylus cornuta) also cultivated and sold by the name Filberts, are found throughout much of North America, and they are one of just a couple native nuts available […]
Stinging Nettle: Harvesting, Processing and Recipes
Those of us living in the Pacific Northwest (and many other regions around the world) are fortunate to be gifted every spring with an abundance of Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica). […]
Herbal and Critter Forage for Healthy Chickens
What are herbs and why might my chickens need them? An herb or herbaceous plant is generally defined as “any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, […]
More Signs of Spring: Chorus Frogs Singing! Winter Wrens Courting! Herons Building Nests! Coltsfoot Flowers Bolting! Nettles Ready To Harvest!
Chorus Frogs Singing March 1, 2013 – The Pacific Tree Frog (Pseudacris regilla) is our regional “chorus frog” and we heard them singing in an impressive chorus for the first time […]
Signs of Spring: Great Blue Herons Nesting, Stinging Nettles Emerging, Indian Plums Budding and So Much More!
February 12, 2013 – Chris and I headed out this morning for a walk at our local park to see if there were any signs of spring to be found […]
Homeschool Classes in Bellingham, Olympia and Vancouver Learn to Prepare for Emergencies Including How To Build an Emergency Shelter and Make Fire
In Bellingham on Tuesday, it was a cold, snowy day! After some quick introductions, a few exercises to help us stay warm and a fictitious emergency scenario in front of Village Books we […]
Ellensburg Homeschool Class Learns to Make Rope from Stinging Nettle, Cottonwood Bark and Other Plants
Today’s class met at Irene Rinehart Riverfront Park off Umtanum Rd. The trees along the river were brilliant shades of yellow, orange and red. We began our afternoon together learning […]
Epic Overnight Fishing Camp
FOR 200 PICTURES FROM THIS WEEK WE WILL SHARE A GOOGLE DOC WITH YOU. THIS BLOG ENTRY IS WRITTEN BY FISHING CAMP INSTRUCTOR CHARLIE BORROWMAN. Rising at 5:00 a.m. to […]
Survivors Side of the Mountain – Wilderness Survival Training & Trek
THIS POST BY RACHEL EDWARDS, SUMMER TEACHING APPRENTICE… The first overnight camp of the summer was survival week. The kids came to either be a part of the introduction to […]
McCollum Park Day Campers Learn Wilderness Survival, Wildlife Tracking, Wild Edibles and Herbal Medicine
THIS POST BY RACHEL EDWARDS, SUMMER TEACHING APPRENTICE WHO ASSISTED THE HERBAL DAY CAMP. FOR BLOG POSTINGS ON THE TRACKING & SURVIVAL DAY CAMPS, PLUS 150 PICTURES FROM THIS WEEK, […]
Mt. Vernon Homeschool Class Learns Navigation, Wildlife Tracking, Herbal Medicine, Awareness Skills and More
It was such a beautiful day today that we went straight to the park to begin our class. We started out with the basic awareness skills: fox walk and owl […]
Wildlife Tracking & Bird Language and Wild Edibles & Herbal Medicine Overnight Youth Camps
THIS POST BY RACHEL EDWARDS, SUMMER TEACHING APPRENTICE The week of tracking and herbal overnight camp at Millersylvania State Park near Olympia included some epic adventures and lots of learning […]
Secrets of the Ancient Scout Overnight Youth Camp
THIS POST BY RACHEL EDWARDS, SUMMER TEACHING APPRENTICE Kim and I ready for All-Night Capture The Flag This week was spent on the Olympic Peninsula learning the ways of the […]
Earth Skills Teachers Training week plus Day Camps at Wolf Haven
Me at the Stove with Salve & Tea while Practice Teaching on Live Students! This week was the first day camp of the summer and also training week for instructors. […]
The Life of a Wolf Camp Apprentice
Greetings. My name is Rachel Edwards and I have just begun the Wolf Camp Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship. I just drove up from California where I have been living in […]
Wolf Journey: Kim’s Field Exercise 001 – Study Site (& bald-faced hornets) Found!
2010.09.03 – Study Site (& bald-faced hornets) Found! I saw the slug. It was surrounded by carpenter ants and I wondered why they would go after a slug. Was it for […]