Any other "pickers" among us?

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Not a hunting thread per se..... But falls in line with the mushroom thread....

Was a perfect day to take the boys garlic picking today, cold keeps the black lies and mosquitoes away...... We just finished boiling down the last of our maple syrup Saturday so grabbed a couple ten gallon pails and headed to the woods to pick some garlic...... 2 hours of picking and an hour of cleaning yielded 10 litres of awesomeness!..... The oldest is getting almost as fast as dad......

Anyone else pick the stuff?

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I love wild leeks.grandma always pickled them for us. I did get enough last week to cover a homemade pizza. Yummmmmy
 
dutchhunter said:
I love wild leeks.grandma always pickled them for us. I did get enough last week to cover a homemade pizza. Yummmmmy
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They are delicious...... I put a bit of salt and pepper on a plate and eat 'em like leak candy...... Goes great with a beer....

elliott264 said:
I dont but should.

Good haul for 3 hours of work
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Thanks..... I find the easiest way to get lots quickly is to use one of those "hand weeding)" tools..... The ones that look like a long screwdriver, except the tip is bent...... No messing around with shovels or trowels etc..... We snip the stem and leaves off as we go......
 
nowarningshot said:
Just moved to the coast from the valley. So renting for a while, at a organic farm with a main crop of garlic. But did not stay at a holiday inn last night.
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Sorry NWS..... Should have been more accurate..... These are actually wild leek..... But you guys may have some out there as its a humid climate......

If you do have some, I would encourage you to at least pull over and pick a couple to try........ They are delicious even raw.....
 
nowarningshot said:
Just moved to the coast from the valley. So renting for a while, at a organic farm with a main crop of garlic. But did not stay at a holiday inn last night.
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Ther is sum good mushroom picking on the Coast Sumtimes it can be profitable as well my Favorite to eat is the lobster mushroom
I have picked and sold mostly pines,and Centrals mushrooms There are others that can be pick and sold to the wild mushroom Buying station
It realy helps with sum of the expenses well hunting

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When in season there are buyers for mushrooms here. People take their personal spots location about as serious as a favorite hunting spot. Even so its a hard way to make a hard dollar, if one can avoid tripping over the outdoor grows.

Not sure about the leeks or other green edibles, but pretty much anything seafood is on the menu. Wild and farmed oysters, mussels, clams, scallops, gooey ducks, bottom fish and salmon. Not much for halibut, think its too rocky. Hunting is pretty much blacktail and black bear......hail mary LEH draw for Elk.
 
ljones said:
I like to pick angel wing mushrooms almost exclusively here on the Northwest Coast. I prefer the taste to the chantrelle.
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I highly recommend lobster mushrooms it is a prehistoric mushroom that has bin around before the dinosaurs and its so good in spaghetti or stew but it's a fall harvest so we have to wait along with hunting dam I wish the summer was over
It realy easy to identify lobster mushrooms just make sure there the red or Orange mushrooms and look closely and make sure there is no Alder growing nearby
If the prehistoric lobster mushroom grows in contact with alder it can becom poisonous
 
srnson said:
We do elderberries. Very very long job.\

@superbrad - any pics of the plants in the forest?
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The plants have bright green leaves with a purplish stem..... The leaves will be brighter than any other plant on the forest floor this time of year..... In southern Ontario, you have about a week left to pick them before they get a "woody taste"..... You want to look in hardwood bush for them....


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