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Personal Update
What a wild start to the new year. Things have been a little bit of a rollercoaster since January 1, and it has been both exciting and harrowing. The number of amazing people I have met, and opportunities I have been provided with is a little overwhelming. As mentioned in my previous post, the chance… Read more
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Reflecting on Mythology
Last week I posted a quick survey of the Arbutus tree that is frequently seen in the areas surrounding my new home. As part of that post I included two myths that are from the Coast Salish people that were found in a very nice book on West Coast forests. Since the post I have… Read more
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Arbutus
I recently hiked a regional park that contained several magnificent Arbutus stands. The Arbutus is Canada’s only native broad leaf evergreen, and is quite a sight to behold in the fall when it sheds its bark revealing smooth younger bark underneath that can be from pale green to cinnamon-red. Straits Salish story: the Arbutus tree… Read more
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Seed Banking
As the title suggests, this post is about seeds. Calling my project a seedbank may be a little ambitious (its more like a list), but hopefully one day this list will develop into something more elaborate and complete. For now, this is where we shall begin. Winter has arrived, which is the motivating factor in… Read more
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Wild Foods and Nutrition
The first time I went on a wild foraging expedition was many years ago. I had just completed my first year of college, and a friend convinced me and a few others that we should go into the far north to the site of a forest fire to pick morel mushrooms for the summer. He… Read more
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