In the Woods – Page 36 – Schmidlin Angus Farms

Cowpies to Treetops

Vanilla Leaf Tea

I harvested a bunch of leaves from the vanilla leaf plants growing wild in the forest. My ultimate goal is

With the tips of the bamboo stakes being chewed on, my mind starts working on solutions to our elk teething

In the previous post, Chewing On Bamboo Part 1, you got to hear about the disturbances caused by deer and

I had mentioned that we were starting to notice deer and/or elk disturbing the seedlings that we had planted on

The first shoot of the native orchid, Coral Root, was spotted as I was out in the woods re-caging the

Trooping through the woods this time of year shows new growth with each step. Today I noticed the Oregon Native,

I spotted the first brown field mushroom of the season. This variety is closely related to the white button mushroom

Firewood bundling has been put on hold for a couple of days. The wet weather pattern broke and we are

Since it was a rainy fall day, I moved inside the barn across the river after the morning feeding. My

The large herd of elk were scattered across the open 60 acre field just beyond the fence line from our