A Nice Walk ( with photos )

[PeppermintPatty]

Today was a good day to hunt for morel mushrooms. I have found 7 so far this year. We have about a 2 week season. This is a pic of how ripe the forest is right now.

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I enjoy foraging in the forest also. Do you ever forage for salad greens? I’ve considered it but am too worried about eating something poisonous.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Today we went to the provincial park again. We took the nature trail up to the park instead of the road. It had more snow on it but it wasn’t slippery.


Now we are at the top of the hill. Here is a resting bench.
We walked around the campsites for an extended walk .
The entire campsite is wheelchair accessible
which I think is nice.

As you can see from the pictures, it was a sunny day with a high of 7 degrees Celsius which felt very warm compared to the winter weather. I’m looking forward to the rest of spring.

Have a nice day.

 

[Paco Dennis]

I enjoy foraging in the forest also. Do you ever forage for salad greens? I’ve considered it but am too worried about eating something poisonous.

We do eat a few wild greens (I forget their names). We have a bunch of blackberries!

 

[Medusa]

Today we went to the provincial park again. We took the nature trail up to the park instead of the road. It had more snow on it but it wasn’t slippery.
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Now we are at the top of the hill. Here is a resting bench. View attachment 496621
We walked around the campsites for an extended walk . View attachment 496622
The entire campsite is wheelchair accessible
which I think is nice.
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As you can see from the pictures, it was a sunny day with a high of 7 degrees Celsius which felt very warm compared to the winter weather. I’m looking forward to the rest of spring.

Have a nice day.

That looks like a little Christmas tree in the picture with the "Walking Trail" sign.

 

[Pinky]

We do eat a few wild greens (I forget their names). We have a bunch of blackberries!

@Paco Dennis
My late brother-in-law used to pick fiddlehead ferns from the forest. They make a nice salad.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

We do eat a few wild greens (I forget their names). We have a bunch of blackberries!

We pick and eat lots of wild berries. Wild Raspberries, strawberries , blackberries and blueberries. There are lots of wild berries in Cape Breton. We’ve also got 5 blackberries, 5 blueberries 24 raspberries, and dozens of strawberries plants on our property. We aren’t sure how many we have but there’s a LOT!! We planted lots of berry plants cause we want to make pies and things from them.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

That looks like a little Christmas tree in the picture with the "Walking Trail" sign.

Yes. It’s an evergreen tree. Theres a lot of those types of trees around there and here.
It’s so cute.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Lambs quarters is our wild green we eat. Here is the results of a good hunting walk.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Lambs quarters is our wild green we eat. Here is the results of a good hunting walk.

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Wow. Thats a lot of mushrooms . What are they called ?

And what do you eat lambs quarters with?
Do you cook it or eat it raw?

 

[Paco Dennis]

Those are morel mushrooms. I was tired so I leaned back on a tree to rest and looked to my left and saw the first one. They were all within about a 20ft area.

We eat the lambs quarters by cooking them...kind of like spinach.

Do you get wild morels way up there?

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Those are morel mushrooms. I was tired so I leaned back on a tree to rest and looked to my left and saw the first one. They were all within about a 20ft area.

We eat the lambs quarters by cooking them...kind of like spinach.

Do you get wild morels way up there?

I’m sure we do get morels up our way. Let me look it up!

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Yes, black morel mushrooms exist in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, though they are considered rare or hard to find compared to other regions. They generally emerge in late spring—often around early June—preferring specific, warmer conditions in forested areas.

lambs quarters would work as a spinach substitute. Good to know. I’ve definitely seen that plant before. We had lots of it growing in our other home in Ontario.