Thanks for all that! We have about 80 acres that could have some ginseng. Been too occupied with chicken stuff lately. Hubby finally set our deer cameras today! Way late for us. I forgot about the question of living in WV. What can I say? Its full of mountains, hills, hollers, and rednecks!Great idea! I'm doing this. Pheasant backs? Never heard of em! The only time we ever found an oyster shroom was at a state park. It was huge and perfect--and completely off limits.I've always wanted to get into Id-ing plants(and trees), but haven't yet. I've been into mushrooms since high school though. Don't even eat em, just love the hunt! Finally dried out here and it. is. gorgeous! We tried hunting ginseng last year, but never found any. As for poisonous mushrooms, the best thing to do is learn what the dangerous ones look like in the area you're hunting in and stay away from anything thats even close. If I ate our finds, I would never eat any little brown ones or anything from the Amanita family. Morels only have one look alike--the false mollymoocher. haha Cross sectioning is the easiest way to steer clear of those.
Hunting mushies is great! Anything else I wouldn't know about. Looooooove TN! So much. x2 for WV. And I miss Pennsylvania. Nothing beats the dutch country at dawn. If I could move anywhere in the lower 48, it would be Wyoming. Me too! My fav so far is cauliflower, cabbage, carrots and kale. @OldMissionChick I'm going to try the green bean theeng next year; sounds good.
. But I love it. I especially like the 4 full seasons we get. We might get 3 feet of snow in the winters, and hit 100 degrees in summers. I think the cost of living is a little lower than alot of places, but we have plenty of "big" cities to suit me. You cant beat the fall beauty when the hills start changing colors!
please PM if its too much for on here. I had to deal with umbilical ruptures and a few odd things.
