Category Archives: exploring

The missing blueberries

The secret, abandoned, out-of-the-way blueberry patch that I wrote about three years ago? Yeah, forget about scoring any berries there anymore.  The patch has blown up, the word leaked out and spread out like the tarps and sheets we used … Continue reading

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Mullein harvest

Last month while chasing pigs through the woods (a story that I will write about soon) I stumbled into a large area filled with Common Mullein – Verbascum thapsus. Mullein likes to grow in recently disturbed areas, and this place … Continue reading

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Trails

Our land is still pretty mysterious, not knowing what is around or who is around.  With each trip some of the little secrets are revealed, and I feel that we are becoming more and more part of the sparsely inhabited … Continue reading

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Mulberries, creatures and trash

Yesterday we got the bug to clean up our room and get rid of some of the piles of papers and such that had collected over the last few months. I am pretty big on creating piles of crap – … Continue reading

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Foraging becomes exploring

One of my favorite places in Wilmington is a train trestle that bridges a tidal creek, specifically Burnt Mill Creek, near my house. My profile picture is of me and Kristin throwing rocks off the bridge. The trestle is only … Continue reading

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