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I did short 12 mile hike/campout on the AT with my uncle a few weeks ago.The trail was a bit rocky in spots but nothing I would consider hard.
Higher scrub land. I really like this terrain for the wild edibles. On the negative you dont want to hang around during a storm and water can be an issue.
Mountain laurels in bloom.
The laurels werent the only plants in bloom.
I like a larger rainfly on its own ridgeline for extra coverage during rain to hangout under the hammock.
The rainfly kept our wood dry for the hobo stove which did double duty as cooker and scout fire.
Burning a wood fire under a flammable siltarp/hammock is a bit risky. The prevailing winds shifted smoking up the Hennessy Hammock but thats just the way it rolls in the woods.
My hammock camp.
Enough small talk its time for the wild edibles.
We found some cattails in a swamp/possible beaver area. Most people know these are edible. For a fast snack I prefer eating the lower part of the young growth raw but there are other edible parts to cattails.
I remove the green outer growth along with the slime layer revealing the white goodness.
The place looked like there might be beavers about and fearing cross contamination from my wet hands I cut a few more layers and ate the inner core using my neck knife as makeshift fork.
More violets. The bloom is over but the leaves are still good.
Sweet fern. Not a really a fern but a useful plant.
I think the leaves can be made into a tea which helps treat diarrhea though never ate any part of this plant. I like the smell of the crushed leaves and believe it acts as a bug repellant. It maybe good to treat itchy conditions such as poison ivy. I like to crush up a few handfuls and rub the sweet smell on my skin and clothing. It may help to keep fruit longer but never tested that.
The blueberries/huckleberries are still green.
Same goes for the apple on this lone tree in the high scrub. Got no clue how this tree came to be there.
This is a knife forum and took my Mora 546 plus A.G. Russell Woodswalker with a DIY Kydex sheath. The little Woodswalker makes for a nice necker. Cool name as well. :thumbup:
Thanks for looking.
Higher scrub land. I really like this terrain for the wild edibles. On the negative you dont want to hang around during a storm and water can be an issue.
Mountain laurels in bloom.
The laurels werent the only plants in bloom.
I like a larger rainfly on its own ridgeline for extra coverage during rain to hangout under the hammock.
The rainfly kept our wood dry for the hobo stove which did double duty as cooker and scout fire.
Burning a wood fire under a flammable siltarp/hammock is a bit risky. The prevailing winds shifted smoking up the Hennessy Hammock but thats just the way it rolls in the woods.
My hammock camp.
Enough small talk its time for the wild edibles.
We found some cattails in a swamp/possible beaver area. Most people know these are edible. For a fast snack I prefer eating the lower part of the young growth raw but there are other edible parts to cattails.
I remove the green outer growth along with the slime layer revealing the white goodness.
The place looked like there might be beavers about and fearing cross contamination from my wet hands I cut a few more layers and ate the inner core using my neck knife as makeshift fork.
More violets. The bloom is over but the leaves are still good.
Sweet fern. Not a really a fern but a useful plant.
I think the leaves can be made into a tea which helps treat diarrhea though never ate any part of this plant. I like the smell of the crushed leaves and believe it acts as a bug repellant. It maybe good to treat itchy conditions such as poison ivy. I like to crush up a few handfuls and rub the sweet smell on my skin and clothing. It may help to keep fruit longer but never tested that.
The blueberries/huckleberries are still green.
Same goes for the apple on this lone tree in the high scrub. Got no clue how this tree came to be there.
This is a knife forum and took my Mora 546 plus A.G. Russell Woodswalker with a DIY Kydex sheath. The little Woodswalker makes for a nice necker. Cool name as well. :thumbup:
Thanks for looking.
