Backcountry Outfitters
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What are the edible species that fill our ecosystems in autumn? Herbs, greens, roots, nuts, seeds, and mushrooms are all in season at the same time now. Proceeding a foraging tour of the Appalachian Trail, I'll bring in dozens of regional edibles for you to see, touch, taste, and discuss. You'll experience delicious leafy greens such as wood sorrel and sheep sorrel, Asiatic dayflower, lady's thumb, field garlic, and garlic mustard. You may also get to sample wintergreen-flavored black birch, sassafras, the original source of root beer, and many other species.
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Roots you may get to sample, include burdock, common evening primrose, or wild carrots. Nuts could include black walnuts and hickories. And mushrooms could include chicken mushrooms, hen-of-the-woods (maitake), puffballs, or honey mushrooms.
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The free 60-minute presentation, immediately followed by the 2-hour walking tour of the adjacent Appalachian trail, begins at 1 PM, Sunday, October 10, at Backcountry Outfitters, 5 Bridge St., in Kent, CT.
Call (888) 549-3377 for further information. To reserve a place for the subsequent tour, please call (914) 835-2153. |
