Feral By Design

Fun day that started with a short hike and a trip to the the GEORGIA MUSHROOM FESTIVAL 🍄

My favorite time of the year. Beautiful Sunrises and cool mornings 🌄

Chick Chain Day yesterday! Boys did great!

hiking with the feral child and pups to McDill Point yesterday.

Watching the sunset and the moon come out, while being watched ourselves. 🤣

The wild Maligator is the fields of Alabama, her natural habitat. 😁

Feral Child brought this home today 😍

Short walk today before we got poured on ⛈️ 🥾 🌳 🐶 🍄

Two days of some amazing mushroom foraging and Fungi Photography. 🍄🌱🌳🪨🪶🐢

Went on a short foray this evening. Came back with a couple handfuls of Chanties and had them with some skirt steak and some of our garden zucchini for dinner.

Afternoon Foray. Jelly tomorrow!

Mullein 💚

Queen Anne's Lace 💛

Foraged some Red Clover today 💜

Our squash are so pretty this year 😍

Short night foray this evening. 🍄🪵🌼🪨

Our evening walk today. 🍄🌸🌼🐝🌱🐂🐴🦟

farm fresh sour cream

Wild foraged and dehydrated wood ear (jelly ear, Judas Ear) willing to sell or barter some of what I have! Really good in soups. rehydrates in water. I sometimes have other seasonal mushrooms available as well so feel free to ask what's available! Posting some of the health benefits in pictures.

12 pounds of jelly ear (wood ear, Judas Ear) mushroom foraged yesterday! In the dehydrator now!

Homemade salted butter with farm fresh milk. 😋

Fermented Pine Bud Syrup. Fermented for 2 year.

Pine Syrup benefits:
source of vitamin D, magnesium, selenium, silicon, potassium, calcium, iron, strontium, phosphorus, sulphur, chlorine, manganese and many other vitamins, minerals and essential amino acids, plus probiotics and enzymes from fermentation

Pine Pollen benefits alone: It is an adaptogen and is also used to stimulate the immune system, boost brain health, support detox, promote weight loss and alleviate pain. Next best fully active testosterone source, with all necessary cofactors (Best is Tongat Ali). Amino acids: alanine, arginine, Aspartic, cysteine, Glutamic, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine. Vitamins: A, B1, 2, 3, 6, 9 (folate), C, E, D, beta-carotene. Minerals: potassium, calcium, magnesium, phos., iron, zinc, selenium, manganese, other trace minerals. Phytoandrogens: androstenedione, testosterone, DHEA, androsterone. Metanutrition: Oleic acid, alpha linolenic acid, lignans, MSM, enzymes, coenzymes, polysaccharides SOD (superoxide dismutase), inositol, polyphenols, quercetin, rutin, phytosterols, proanthocyanidins, resveratrol.
sourced: https://www.westonaprice.org/pine-pollen-buds-fermented-syrup

The greens of our labor today for dinner. I love springtime🌸☀️🌱🍄

Foray today with Mr. Ti**en. He was a great foraging partner. 🐈‍⬛ 🍄 🌱 🌸 ☀️

We went on an adventure today on the Pinhoti Trail! Everything is so beautiful and green and the mountain laurel is blooming 🌸. Love Spring 💕🌱🌿🌳🍄🌼🌺🪺