Join us for our last in the “You Healthy? Go Outside!” live daily broadcasts with Kim & Chris Chisholm, Wolf Camp & School of Natural Science at Blue Skye Farm. The farm is getting busy and we need to gear up for summer camps. If you are interested in pursuing Wolf Journey study experiences, email us for current availability.
Today we share our “Touching Deer & Coyote” stories as well as the The Meaning of Life song which Chris “Huck” Anderson wrote when he was a mere 16 years old.
Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed to our YouTube.com/WolfCampCollege channel, getting us over the 1,000 subscription mark which, according to youtube rules, enables us to live stream from our phones in the field – our goal before launching complimentary daily Wolf Journey Earth Conservation Course study experiences for those at home during the…
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Today we take a virtual tour along the Puyallup Riverwalk celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Our Mission: Investigate the Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants, Birds & Other Wildlife of the Lower Puyallup River. The city’s riverwalk is a 10′ wide walking and biking route from Tacoma-to-Tahoma (Mt Rainier) envisioned years ago by the…
We continue to celebrate Earth Week today by sequestering carbon via “biochar” and planting cedar trees correctly to ensure the greatest long-term sequestration possible. We’ll also check to see how much solar gain we achieved with our panels since yesterday, as well as starting fire by flint and steel. It’s part of our “You Healthy?…
Join us as we celebrate the start of Earth Week by setting up our portable solar array for the season, something that can be done with new equipment for the equivalent cost of one month’s power bill, or less if you search Craigslist and other sources for used equipment and batteries. Our goal is to…
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Live! Beekeeper Dave Dempsey installs HONEY BEES at Wolf Camp’s Blue Skye Farm. They were shipped in today from the Pierce County Bee Keepers Association who arrived back from California this very morning. We’ll also check back with the MASON BEES which are rocking and rolling. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening…
Watch at Wolf Camp founder Chris Chisholm demonstrates how to make and throw rabbit sticks and an at-latl (using the arrow made during yesterday’s broadcast) which is the very device which arguably helped humans dominate the planet tens of thousands of years ago. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family…
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Wolf Camp founder Chris Chisholm demonstrates a quick way to make and shoot arrows in a survival situation. Follow along via our new Traditional Archery: Crafting & Shooting Quick Survival Arrows blog article, and join us tomorrow when we transform today’s arrow into at-latl dart. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts…
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Watch as Wolf Camp founder Chris Chisholm demonstrates the best way to learn the basics of bow making. Follow along on our popular Traditional Big Game & Quick Survival Bow Making Instructions blog article. We’ll follow up tomorrow and the next day with broadcasts on how to make arrows and at-latl darts. It’s part of…
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Watch as Kim & Chris in the outdoor Wolf Camp Kitchen take a deep dive into processing acorns for flour to make pancakes (follow along with our linked blog article) and other baked goods. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Physical Distancing Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim…
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Kim & Chris share the outdoor Wolf Camp kitchen for a deep dive into our native Beaked Hazelnut, also known in the grocery store as Filberts, showing you how to make Hazelnut Milk & Truffle Deserts (follow along with our linked blog article) from leftover pulp. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Physical…
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In the video below, Kim & Chris “walk the yard” sharing the Top 10 Most Important Wild Edible Food Plants (or family of plants) including how you can grow some of them. Follow along with our Top 10 Most Important Wild Edible Food Plants blog article! It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening…
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Join us for the conclusion our Three Part Concert Series airing at 6 PM Pacific with Wolf Camp founder Chris Chisholm who will share classic American Cowboy & Spiritual songs and stories around the campfire. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim…
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Join us for Part 2 of our Three Part Concert Series airing at 6 PM Pacific with Wolf Camp founder Chris Chisholm who will share stories and songs around the campfire. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim & Chris Chisholm. SATURDAY’S…
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Join us for the first of our Three Part Concert Series with Wolf Camp founder Chris Chisholm sharing the most acclaimed songs and stories from 24 years around the campfire. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim & Chris Chisholm, Wolf Camp…
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Watch the broadcast below which covers some of our Wildlife Tracking & Birding safety tips and “tricks of the trade” we haven’t shared over the last couple days for the greatest of success in the field. Once we’re done with that list, we sneak up a local creek looking for bugs, amphibians, birds, mammals and…
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Check out today’s live video (below) which begins with a quick review of yesterday’s animal tracking primer, then launches into the tricks of the trail as we follow fox, coyote, deer, elk and a couple other species which present themselves. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music &…
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In today’s video, we start with a quick review of yesterday’s animal tracking primer including awareness skills, then introduce the language of the birds which helps us find animals, make “plaster casts” to preserve tracks we found, and follow a coyote that showed up between yesterday’s broadcast and today. It’s part of our “You Healthy?…
Read More “Day 23: Bird Songs, Calls & Casting Animal Tracks with Plaster of Paris” »
Animal Tracking: Our Favorite Outdoor Activity! Today we begin what will probably turn into a week-long adventure that starts with wildlife safety, how to stay aware and what to do in case of animal encounter, how to read tracks you see left on the ground, and tricks of the trade when trailing animals. Tomorrow we…
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Where Do Trees Come From? Answer Today in the Live Stream below! Tour the Blue Skye Farm Orchard and then plant a cedar tree with us, the best way to reverse climate change. We’ll show you how to plant so a tree lives a long life. It’s a celebration to kick off the 50th Anniversary…
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