BigPig Outdoors summer foraging class announced. To sign up, go here : Summer PEMU
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Spring Foraging Class – 4/28/18…
Hit the woods and dig up some grub on Saturday April 28 with BigPig Outdoors.
Go here to sign up: Spring Foraging
BigPig Outdoor’s Calendar posted…
BigPig Outdoors 2017-2018 calendar is up on the website. More classes to come…
Fall P.E.M.U. Recipes…
Another fall foraging class in the books!
I have been busy gathering acorns and just now getting around to posting recipes for the food we didn’t cook on the campfire:
Lamb’s Quarter Artichoke dip – just substitute lamb’s quarter for spinach
Acorn cookies – Bridget used this one for cookies but substituted 1 1/2 C almond flour, 1/2c regular flour. She also added 3 tablespoons butter, 2 eggs, and glazed the top with maple syrup coconut sugar reduction
1 cup acorn flour & 2 cups all-purpose2 cups of sugar1 tsp salt2 eggs1 tsp baking soda & 1 tsp hot water1 tsp vannila extractchocolate chipsMix eggs one at a time. Add dry ingredients. Cook at 350 for ~ 10 mins
To find out about future foraging classes, go here: P.E.M.U.
Feral Kids Wanted…
“Passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; it travels along grass-stained sleeves to the heart. If we are going to save environmentalism and the environment, we must also save an endangered indicator species: the child in nature.”
― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Halfway through the book I am reading for a project, I realize I need to do my part.
BPO’s new kid policy for foraging classes:
Kids under twelve are free with a parent or guardian
Kids aged 12 – 16 are half price ($25) with a parent or guardian
Learn more here: http://www.bigpigoutdoors.net/poisonous–edible–medicinal—-useful-plants.html
Fall Foraging & Survival 101 Dates Announced…
Old Man Winter called me today and said it’s time to get the schedule out..
Survival 101:
http://www.bigpigoutdoors.net/survival-101-1.html
Fall foraging class will be Saturday, September 24th:
http://www.bigpigoutdoors.net/poisonous–edible–medicinal—-useful-plants.html
Rescuing Naked Foragers…
Three worlds collide in a BigPig news update..
Due to technical difficulties, a.k.a. moving further into the mountains, I have had limited computer access of late, but stuff has been brewing in the land of many pigs..
Two foraging events:
Spring Poisonous, Edible, Medicinal & Useful workshop is scheduled for Sunday, April 10. You can find out more here: http://www.bigpigoutdoors.net/poisonous–edible–medicinal—-useful-plants.html
I will be the keynote speaker at the awesome North Carolina Wild Foods Weekend. I wrote about this event a couple years ago, and I am honored to be speaking about foraging and survival. There are a ton of great instructors at this family event.To learn more about this event, click here: http://wildfoodadventures.com/workshops/category/north-carolina-wild-food-weekend-association/
Search & Rescue:
Lot’s of good stuff brewing with the BUSAR team, including attending the Virginia SAR conference. I will be teaching a 2 day “Wilderness Survival for SAR Personnel” class and the BUSAR boys will be leading daily PT sessions. Click here to learn more:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-virginia-sar-council-sar-conference-tickets-20784514041
Also lined up is the Virginia SAREX in May. Click here to read more about this full scale SAR exercise. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_MEYv9Akm8ZHpaX3BVMlFEVWc/view
Naked, but not Afraid!!
Last year, I had the pleasure of training Melissa LeEllen for her episode of Naked & Afraid. Her episode will be aired this season, possibly in July. I will make another post as we get closer, but you can read more here: http://www.melissaleellen.com/ Go Melissa!!