Foraging & Gardening

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A child holds up a giant morel mushroom with several huge morels sprawled across a tailgate.
Survival

Young Mushroom Hunter Finds a Giant Morel the Size of His Head

By Alice Jones Webb

Morel mushrooms growing in moss
Survival

How to Find More Morel Mushrooms This Spring

By Gary Garth, Matthew Every

pawpaw fruit
Survival

Pawpaw Fruit: Here’s How (and Why) to Forage for Pawpaw This Fall

By Scott Einsmann, Tim MacWelch

A knife beside a morel cut in half in preparation for cooking morel mushroom recipes.
Survival

The Best Morel Mushroom Recipes

By Katie Hill

A morel mushroom on a normal camera and a thermal imaging camera.
Foraging & Gardening

Watch: Man Uses Thermal to Find Morels, Gets Skewered on Instagram

By Katie Hill

A man fells a tree.
Survival

How to Fell a Tree

By Dac Collins

witches_eating_deer_carcass
Survival

Naked Witches Caught on Camera, or the Greatest Trail Cam Prank of All Time?

By Katie Hill

types of poisonous mushrooms
Survival

5 Poisonous Mushrooms You Should Learn to Identify

By Katie Hill

porcini and chanterelle mushrooms
Survival

How to Identify 6 Types of Edible Mushrooms

By Katie Hill

poisonous yew kills wildlife
Conservation

Poisonous Yew: This Backyard Ornamental Kills Wildlife—and Everything Else

By Katie Hill

Morel mushroom hunters from Iowa
Survival

Two Iowa Men Find Nearly 200 Pounds of Morels

By Wade Thiel

Find a plate full of morels jsut walking around the block.
Survival

The Ultimate Guide to Finding Morel Mushrooms in Your Subdivision

By Joe Genzel

To find arrowheads study up on the region you live in and see if native tribe once inhabited the same area.
Hunting

How to Hunt for Arrowheads

By Joe Weimer

pokeweed
Survival

6 Most Common Mistakes Rookie Foragers Make

By Tim MacWelch

Similar in nutrient profile to hair and fur, feathers can also be buried in the garden or tossed into the compost pile.
Survival

8 Wild Game and Fish Parts That Will Fertilize Your Garden

By Tim MacWelch

maple syrup
Survival

How to Harvest and Make Your Own Maple Syrup (and Utilize Syrup from Other Tree Species)

bear fat
Survival

10 Uses for Animal Fat in the Wild

By Tim MacWelch

A string of sinew on a flat rock surface.
Survival

How to Process and Use Animal Sinew

By Tim MacWelch

Bottles of vinegar and insect repellent ingredients.
Survival

8 Natural Ways to Repel Insects Without Bug Spray

By Tim MacWelch

a pile of morel mushrooms.
Survival

How to Hunt Morel Mushrooms Like Your Life Depends on It

By Tim MacWelch