Just prior to the lilacs blossoming, little grey morels started showing themselves. A couple of yellows started emerging now, all well-camoflauged as they are just tall enough to start peeking over the tops of the leaves.
Most finds so far have been on flatter topography, with the ability to receive sunshine all day rather than an extreme hillside with light being blocked for a portion of the day. Surely, soon to start springing up throughout hillsides all directioins week by week.
BREAKING NEWS: Foxes are not Texas-Toast-Deficient!!!
Fox kits!!!! One of the best parts of spring, new baby critters everywhere! These five kits are enjoying a sunny morning as they slowly expand their exploration radius further and futher from the den each day.
This video was taken a few weeks ago, and since the foxes moved from this den as human involvement got too strong. Surely well-intentioned, someone placed human food (Breaded, fried fish and texas toast to be precise) right in the entrance of the den! Please do not hurt wildlife’s tummies and digestive tracts with food that is not designed for them. Please respect their home, the forest. They need to feel safe, and finding human interference right inside the front door of their home is invasion and completely robs them of their peace in what tiny pieces of untouched nature that still stand. Hoping their new den is free of threats, and the five babies can continue their adorable activities as previously programmed.
Spring has sprung!! Ephemerals are peeking out with some classic edible treats, and some here to stay! Trout lilies, stinging nettle, and ramps pictured here (from left to right), are accompanied by some garlic mustard, cleavers, and dead nettles pioneering the way for greens!
Trout lilies offer an edible quality from leaf to roots. Once peeling off the papery outer layer, the corm is edible along with the leaves, with a flavor reminiscent to sweet pea sprouts. Stinging nettles young shoots add enormous nutritional content with a savory earthy flavor. Garlic Ramps have edible bulbs with an allium flavor along with the edible leaves… but for their conservation it can be best to just pluck a leaf from a plant here and there instead of uprooting them.
The Forest Walker 