Jul 15, 2013
I apologize for going on about the berries. Wild Berries: A Bumper Year But others have confirmed what I suspected about this year’s crop: compared to past years, there are lots. And lots. The picture that goes with this posts is of six cups of berries that we...
Jul 12, 2013
Huckleberries. Little black cousins of the blueberry, fruit of the forest. It’s mid-July in New York, and the huckleberries are ripe, and they’re out there. You just have to go get them, and put in the hours it takes to fill your basket. New York...
Jul 10, 2013
A plane crash in San Francisco this week was similar to a plane crash in Harriman State Park forest forty years ago. I couldn’t find much information about Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 online, until I found the AAR75-13. Then I decided to go find the plane...
Jul 8, 2013
Stealth camping — it just feels so wrong… Enter Stealth Camping! I don’t like it either: you are hiking a trail through the deep forest, and suddenly you come upon a lone tent, away from the designated camping area. When I was a kid I came upon a...
