Category: Foraging

October 19, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

Poisons, Dosages, Food

Because mushrooms are endlessly fascinating, I was excited to see this story on Amanita muscaria in the…

October 13, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

Mushroom hunting is one thing, but actually finding mushrooms is quite another. It involves the…

October 5, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

I’ve been torn the past few days, relishing what are sure to be the last,…

October 3, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

We went mushroom hunting on Saturday, returning to a spot we had not visited since…

September 22, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

At the most recent mushroom class, the topic of chanterelles came up. Specifically, the question…

September 19, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

It has rained these past few days, nearly three quarters of an inch by our…

September 7, 2017 / kirsten / Biophiliac's Guide

If all gardens are autobiography, I like what mine says about me. It’s a little messy,…

November 29, 2016 / kirsten / #notjustparks

The mushrooming this season has been excellent. Perhaps it has something to do with record-breaking…

June 2, 2016 / kirsten / Foraging

In her delightful cookbook Shroom, Becky Selengut describes foragers as “a secretive and paranoid lot.” You…

August 24, 2015 / kirsten / Alaska

My husband is a bit obsessed with spotting a brown bear in the wild and…