Comments on: On Woodlots, Mushrooms, Medicinals and More http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/ Finding the keys to the future…and trying not to lose them in the mess. Thu, 24 May 2012 04:38:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Michael http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14272 Michael Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:57:23 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/#comment-14272 Mr. Lodgson just wrote up a nice treatise on the subject: http://organictobe.org/index.php/2009/02/17/grazing-the-trees-on-your-garden-farm/ I'm also told that poultry love wooded areas. Of course, keeping the predators at bay is the trouble there... Mr. Lodgson just wrote up a nice treatise on the subject:

http://organictobe.org/index.php/2009/02/17/grazing-the-trees-on-your-garden-farm/

I’m also told that poultry love wooded areas. Of course, keeping the predators at bay is the trouble there…

]]> By: Mark N http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14271 Mark N Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:51:42 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/#comment-14271 Blackcap = black raspberry, wild version. Blackcap = black raspberry, wild version.

]]> By: robin http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14270 robin Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:34:49 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/#comment-14270 What is a blackcap? -Robin What is a blackcap?

-Robin

]]> By: Deb http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14269 Deb Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:21:31 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/#comment-14269 In our household, the rabbits, pheasants, sqruirrels and deer that live in or on the edge of the woodlot are food. You can also make syrup out of walnuts, box elder and birch. It's tastes a little different from maple syrup but is just as sweet. My husband uses the wood that's not good for burning or building with to turn bowls. I have all beautiful handturned serving bowls, popcorn bowls and salad and decorative bowls I use to hold things with. I have hand turned knitting needles with cases and a nostepinne to wind my wool on. These arent things to eat but you could turn them into barter items to trade for things to eat. Woodlots also have blackcaps, at least around here. I usually whack paths thru the patch to make it easier to pick and we eat them every day for 3 weeks in summer and as jelly all winter. In our household, the rabbits, pheasants, sqruirrels and deer that live in or on the edge of the woodlot are food.

You can also make syrup out of walnuts, box elder and birch. It’s tastes a little different from maple syrup but is just as sweet.

My husband uses the wood that’s not good for burning or building with to turn bowls. I have all beautiful handturned serving bowls, popcorn bowls and salad and decorative bowls I use to hold things with. I have hand turned knitting needles with cases and a nostepinne to wind my wool on. These arent things to eat but you could turn them into barter items to trade for things to eat.

Woodlots also have blackcaps, at least around here. I usually whack paths thru the patch to make it easier to pick and we eat them every day for 3 weeks in summer and as jelly all winter.

]]> By: Mark N http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14268 Mark N Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:07:18 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/#comment-14268 Among the shade trees in my back yard are butternut and black walnut trees. Black cherry and red oak provide much food for wildlife. Along the edges I've got some American hazelnut. Dappled shade can be good for persimmon and paw paw. In the densest shade I'm growing shitake mushrooms on oak logs. Haven't had any problems with contamination from wild mushrooms. The various local species and the shitake are easily distinguished, anyway. Among the shade trees in my back yard are butternut and black walnut trees. Black cherry and red oak provide much food for wildlife. Along the edges I’ve got some American hazelnut. Dappled shade can be good for persimmon and paw paw.

In the densest shade I’m growing shitake mushrooms on oak logs. Haven’t had any problems with contamination from wild mushrooms. The various local species and the shitake are easily distinguished, anyway.

]]> By: Fern http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14267 Fern Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:41:34 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/#comment-14267 In my old house, we had LOTS of chickweed. I ate lots and lots of it. Here, one block away, we have little - maybe because there is less shade in midsummer. But one shady corner of my curent garden, under my neighbor's lovely crepe laurel, allows lettuce to thrive well into the hot summer. Fern In my old house, we had LOTS of chickweed. I ate lots and lots of it. Here, one block away, we have little – maybe because there is less shade in midsummer.

But one shady corner of my curent garden, under my neighbor’s lovely crepe laurel, allows lettuce to thrive well into the hot summer.

Fern

]]> By: Rosa http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14266 Rosa Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:34:42 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/#comment-14266 do you worry about wild mushrooms mixing in with the cultivated ones, if you grow them outdoors. The only two mushrooms I am sure I recognize are puffballs and morels, so I am always leery of setting out an inoculated log where other spores could get to it. But we have a *lot* of shade, and we eat a *lot* of mushrooms. do you worry about wild mushrooms mixing in with the cultivated ones, if you grow them outdoors.

The only two mushrooms I am sure I recognize are puffballs and morels, so I am always leery of setting out an inoculated log where other spores could get to it. But we have a *lot* of shade, and we eat a *lot* of mushrooms.

]]> By: Peak Oil Hausfrau http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14265 Peak Oil Hausfrau Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:22:17 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/#comment-14265 My pecans leaf out really late - I could probably do more under them. I think I've read that kiwis do OK in dappled shade as well. Kiwis can be grown in more places than we might think, and hardy kiwi (little grape like kiwis) even more than that. I plan to plant some this year. My pecans leaf out really late – I could probably do more under them. I think I’ve read that kiwis do OK in dappled shade as well. Kiwis can be grown in more places than we might think, and hardy kiwi (little grape like kiwis) even more than that. I plan to plant some this year.

]]> By: SurvivalTopics.com http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14264 SurvivalTopics.com Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:05:34 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/#comment-14264 Forests can produce an incredible amount of food, four footed, on the wing, finned, crawling, as well as nuts, berries, greens, and medicines. And of course if you are lucky enough to have wetlands in your forest you could have it made as far as food goes Forests can produce an incredible amount of food, four footed, on the wing, finned, crawling, as well as nuts, berries, greens, and medicines. And of course if you are lucky enough to have wetlands in your forest you could have it made as far as food goes

]]> By: Joanna http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14263 Joanna Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:30:26 +0000 http://sharonastyk.com/2009/02/19/on-woodlots-mushrooms-medicinals-and-more/#comment-14263 I would add that there are a few livestock options that thrive in light shaded conditions -think animals and birds that prefer brush conditions. I would add that there are a few livestock options that thrive in light shaded conditions -think animals and birds that prefer brush conditions.

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