Great video once more. Here in Charlotte, NC, I find almost all of them in Privet groves, and like you say, if there happens to be an Ash tree or two amongst them, that is even better. I am up to 315 morels this season! (three forays) It's been a perfect weather season. I chuckled out loud when you mentioned having to get down on your belly sometimes... my son and I call it Belly - Worming! I have not had to do it for the past two seasons, but I found myself having to Belly - Worm 3 times this season... through Privet and Multi Flora Rose thickets and sometimes through Greenbriar canes. Greenbriar is my most feared plant in the woods. It seems to just grab you and by the time you realize, it has you entangled at so many spots! By the time the season is over, my legs are all tore up! And I love it! Another trend I have noticed over the years, is that I find a lot in places I call transition areas. Where the thick woods open up a bit, becoming "grassier", and even sunnier. These transition areas still need to have some kind of host tree. Here, it is Ash trees and Privet. I may go out one more time, as it is getting close to being over here. Keep on gettin' it!
Thank you for the continued support! You nailed it with the transitional zones. I sometimes call them marginal areas as in between the margins of two habitat types. Could not agree more on the green briar, or as they call it in my area “cat briar” I’ve often said that it is nature’s barbed wire and boy, if you unwittingly get tangled up in it it certainly is something you never forget. Hope you get some more good hunts in before it’s all over. Cheers!
Another good video, was wondering if you know of a good tick deterrent, like, maybe, a high garlic intake in your diet or something natural along those same lines.
Thank you! I wish I could tell you that I had a good suggestion for repellent, but I’ve never really found anything natural that works well. I personally shower and thoroughly check myself over as soon as I come in from the woods. Taking Astragalus extract on a daily basis can be good for not catching tick borne infection if you are bitten.
I love the fresh grays. Nice video….the point about slowing down cannot be stressed enough for the new to foraging people. I always say, “stop, drop and focus.” I am finally heading south for the eclipse next week. Going to be picking too.
Thank you! Yes learning the pace of foraging seems very hard for many people. You can definitely find more standing still than walking that’s for sure. Maybe you’ll have the opportunity to look at morels during the eclipse. That would truly be a once in a lifetime experience.
Lovely haul! Yummmmm
Thank you for watching!
I'm in Ashville! Going out this week.
Nice! You should still have a shot at morels. Thanks for watching!
Great video once more. Here in Charlotte, NC, I find almost all of them in Privet groves, and like you say, if there happens to be an Ash tree or two amongst them, that is even better. I am up to 315 morels this season! (three forays) It's been a perfect weather season. I chuckled out loud when you mentioned having to get down on your belly sometimes... my son and I call it Belly - Worming! I have not had to do it for the past two seasons, but I found myself having to Belly - Worm 3 times this season... through Privet and Multi Flora Rose thickets and sometimes through Greenbriar canes. Greenbriar is my most feared plant in the woods. It seems to just grab you and by the time you realize, it has you entangled at so many spots! By the time the season is over, my legs are all tore up! And I love it! Another trend I have noticed over the years, is that I find a lot in places I call transition areas. Where the thick woods open up a bit, becoming "grassier", and even sunnier. These transition areas still need to have some kind of host tree. Here, it is Ash trees and Privet. I may go out one more time, as it is getting close to being over here. Keep on gettin' it!
Thank you for the continued support! You nailed it with the transitional zones. I sometimes call them marginal areas as in between the margins of two habitat types. Could not agree more on the green briar, or as they call it in my area “cat briar” I’ve often said that it is nature’s barbed wire and boy, if you unwittingly get tangled up in it it certainly is something you never forget.
Hope you get some more good hunts in before it’s all over. Cheers!
It is like gensang hunting go real slow and you find them
Yes. You find more sitting still than you do moving. Thanks for watching!
Another good video, was wondering if you know of a good tick deterrent, like, maybe, a high garlic intake in your diet or something natural along those same lines.
Thank you! I wish I could tell you that I had a good suggestion for repellent, but I’ve never really found anything natural that works well. I personally shower and thoroughly check myself over as soon as I come in from the woods. Taking Astragalus extract on a daily basis can be good for not catching tick borne infection if you are bitten.
I love the fresh grays. Nice video….the point about slowing down cannot be stressed enough for the new to foraging people. I always say, “stop, drop and focus.” I am finally heading south for the eclipse next week. Going to be picking too.
Thank you! Yes learning the pace of foraging seems very hard for many people. You can definitely find more standing still than walking that’s for sure. Maybe you’ll have the opportunity to look at morels during the eclipse. That would truly be a once in a lifetime experience.
I hope so…there are plenty of parks near where I am headed!
Great year thus far. Picked a pound of beautiful blacks Thursday morning
Very nice! If so far weather my way suggests that it should be a good longish season here. I hope yours will draw out as well.
I live in Haywood County, buddy. If you ever want to meet up, we could do that.
Cool. I’m about an hour from there but if the opportunity ever pans out I would love that. Thank you for watching!