Earthmom
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"Time is a queer teacher; first comes the test and then comes the lesson" -unknown
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Post by Earthmom on Sept 4, 2011 19:06:09 GMT -6
Woot Woot! This next weekend hubby and I are heading up to the tallest waterfall in Wisconsin for fun. I hope that I will score big with some fun edibles. Does anyone know what I should look for in that part of the state, this time of year? Someone I know had found all kinds of chants popping up there right now so hopefully they will still be around when I get there because I'd love to fill the freezer up with those. I'd be really happy to find a cauliflower. Has anyone ever found one of those and if so, on what kind of tree did you find it? Any help would be great!
And remember...
"If this tent is a rockin', then don't come a knockin'...instead, rip your way in and save us cuz there's probably a bear or coyote like totally mauling us!"
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Earthmom
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"Time is a queer teacher; first comes the test and then comes the lesson" -unknown
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Post by Earthmom on Sept 4, 2011 19:06:41 GMT -6
Yeah, I'm a dork
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Post by aaron on Sept 14, 2011 7:45:20 GMT -6
What did you find?
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Earthmom
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Post by Earthmom on Sept 15, 2011 9:27:12 GMT -6
;D
Well, I had an EXCELLENT time at Pattison!!! I did find a few fresh chants but those were few and far between. I stumbled across some dried up BTs on the trail...that was very sad however it led me to the chants and then to a great discovery of a wet mossy bog area nearby that had both kinds of yellow foot mushrooms growing in it: Cr. Ignicolor and Cr. Foetidus. I found a few pounds of each! That is my newest and most favoritest mushroom to find and those are out now...everybody get out in to the spruce, sphagnum moss, swampy/boggy areas and look everywhere under the ferns!!! When you find them, you'll find hundreds!
I also found a few pounds of hedgehogs with the best ones actually growing in that boggy area. Oysters were out... I also found a couple dozen saffron milk caps as well as a couple small comb tooth shrooms! It was a very successful weekend and personally very rewarding! Oh how I love me da foraging!
If anyone goes to Pattison now, go on the LOGGING CAMP TRAIL, beginning at the service road side, and walk past the bench that views the river from a tall bluff, then shortly after you'll hit a really short board walk (about eight feet long) closely followed by a small bridge that goes over the beginning of a drainage crevice that leads to the river... On the left side of that little bridge, where the crevice starts, is that awesome bog! And in that area, by the oaks and in the grass, are the chants as well. I hope somebody up nort' goes there!
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Post by kristi on Sept 15, 2011 11:15:13 GMT -6
How was the weather for camping? When we went up north on Labor Day weekend the nights got pretty cold. I think our last night there got down to around 35-40. (Those silver emergency blankets are wonderful!)
Other than the cold nights and almost constant rain and drizzle, it was a fun weekend. We met up with some friends in the evenings and spent our days hiking. And we had the "problem" of trying to figure out where to put all our mushrooms. ;D We came home with a few Oysters, 5 pounds of Bear's Head, 10 pounds of Hedghogs, and 15-20 pounds of Chaga. Definitely worth the cold and rain!
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Post by Earthmom on Sept 21, 2011 15:31:58 GMT -6
CORRECTION! CORRECTION!!! I said that I found the two versions of yellowfoot chanterelles, one of them being "foetidus" and that was WRONG!!! They are actually TUBAEFORMIS. Sorry about the error...I have brain farts all the time then later I think, "did I say _____ instead of _____? Oh dam, not again."
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Earthmom
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Post by Earthmom on Sept 21, 2011 15:36:40 GMT -6
How was the weather for camping? When we went up north on Labor Day weekend the nights got pretty cold. I think our last night there got down to around 35-40. (Those silver emergency blankets are wonderful!) Other than the cold nights and almost constant rain and drizzle, it was a fun weekend. We met up with some friends in the evenings and spent our days hiking. And we had the "problem" of trying to figure out where to put all our mushrooms. ;D We came home with a few Oysters, 5 pounds of Bear's Head, 10 pounds of Hedghogs, and 15-20 pounds of Chaga. Definitely worth the cold and rain! Where did you guys camp? When you are out, be sure to check the swampy, sphagnum moss with SPRUCE areas for the yellowfoots. This is their time of year! Have you guys found anymore BTs this year? I'm heading north again tomorrow with no idea of what I might find; hopefully I can score some BTs but more likely I'll find those yellowfoots. |
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Post by kristi on Sept 22, 2011 6:24:15 GMT -6
I can't remember exactly where we camped (Aaron made the reservations). I just remember it was somewhere NW of Stevens Point. We were lucky Aaron got the BT's when he did since we haven't found anymore. All of our normal spots have been way too dry. We may go out for hens this weekend. We're hoping that the rain we just got will get some hens going. We'll definitely keep our eyes out for the yellowfoots!
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Post by aaron on Sept 22, 2011 8:31:52 GMT -6
Earthmom, I'm not sure what you'll find either but the great thing about hunting up north with all that white birch is that you're always likely to run across some chaga regardless of season. Yellowfoot? Never heard of that one. I'll have to look it up.
We camped in Price county, btw.
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