Yes, there was a tractor with pump for safety reasons, but i think all the people there would have been mad at me if i had quench it to harvest charcoal 
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Sad to hear that Bob, much like that over the world 
A fire this big needs a permit around here to, often local firefighters takes care of these “May-fires” and run the fireworks.
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We can’t have bonfires at all where I live in the city. In the township where my parents are, no open fires after dark without a permit because they don’t want noise from parties, and fire department callls are expensive. Any open fire larger then a certain size, needs a permit as well.
I get it, but they created laws because people are being stupid. Hey lets burn leaves on a windy day, or smoke out the entire town.
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That is awesome crop , of yummy asparagus Kristijan.
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Mine is just starting to poke up but it is purple.
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Does anyone have a good way to find truffles without a trained animal? I found out Michigan has truffles which are related to the appalachian truffles and since it is a mycorrhizae, it would be more entertaining to grow then other types of fungus. Apparently I need to move to oregon, they have better truffles. 
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The wild asparagus has long gone to seed for next years chop. But we I’d plant ground berries. These little plants produce and they are protected in their pod from bugs.
These ground berries will be bigger next year.
Dana made a berry crisp with them, very good. She is planing on putting them in the next batch of beef pemmican she makes. The last batch of elk meat pemmican is about gone. If you have not made pemmican, you are missing out on some very good healthy eating. Also long storage dried meats and fruits mixed together.
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I have done a beaver meat and black berry pemmican with coconut oil binder it was delicious
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Dana and I went down to the river foraging this morning. The wild onions are ready to harvest. Just a few minutes we had plenty to eat and dry up. Soon asparagus will be coming up and the daily walks and picking will began for that delicious crop. Scouting things out the year before helps a lot in foraging for food. We already know where to go for the Service Berries that we will be picking and the Elderberry. We counted around 50 things we can forage for in walking distance of the house in our area.
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Wow never seen them growing in water before.
Same here. Ramps are out, watercress…
I somehow missed the posts above, about pemmican. Need to give it a try someday. Wich berrys do you use?
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I don’t know if we have wild onion or asparagus. I’ll have to look into that. We do have ramps all over and I’m no cook so don’t experiment at all, but I know they sell like hotcakes at the spring farmers markets. I guess they have a garlic flavor. We do have a lot of nettle. Highly nutritious. I dry a lot of that. Also acres of cattails. Never eaten any parts of them but good to know they are available if need be.
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You can use many different types of Berries. We used the "service berry " that grows wild here that the native Americans used.
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Oh cool l just planted one bush couple of days ago! Tryed them last year and realy liked them
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Dana took the dog for a walk and came back with some nice asparagus.
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Nice score Bob. I have never seen any around here. Right now we have ramps coming up. I generally dry them and powder them but if you are a foodie then I guess they have many charms for the epicure. My wood lands will soon be blanketed with them and they stay about a month and a half. I see them selling on-line for a buck a piece. I could gather a bushel in a few hours. Good thing I took a vow of poverty. At least the the excuse I use for being poor.
Then the stinging nettle takes over. They are a nutritional powerhouse. Again, I dry them and mix them into soups and tomato drinks. Something I learned from Crocodile Dundee about foraged foods.
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We already have harvested some Stinging Nettles this year. Dana likes to make the out of it.
A little more rain and there will be a lot more other things to forage for. The Cherries and Apple trees are in blossoms the bees are like this. Lots of wild blossoms too.
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Just yesterday out doing woods things with friends i did my party trick of eating raw stinging nettles, also picked some devils club shoots and fiddle head ferns. No luck on morels yet, spring corals have passed already but i have plenty in the freezer and dehydrated, keeping an eye out for chantrells and thimble berrys should be coming on soon
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We were looking for asparagus we planted a few years ago. This year it will be belly full, or not, when I foubd this. It explained the ducks in the garden. 
. We will give them some rest.
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I would like to see your raw nettle trick. I’m guessing first you swab your mouth with Novocaine. I never figured how why my dogs can plow right through it and it doesn’t seem to bother their noses at all.
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