Countryman: Foraging California's Wild Side

“Hey, what are you doing? I am calling the police!”- Passer by who’d rather see fruit rot than be gathered and eaten. Peaches Nichola...

“The world is not your private garbage can!”-Barbara Smith (My Mom), Chief of Litter Police. It was last Fall and my Mom and I arrived at...

The local conditions were forecast to be pounding surf, so Nicholas and I decided to head up to the Santa Barbara coast. The swell ther...

My grandparents were some of the greatest human beings I have known. This post is in honor of them and all those in my bloodline who came b...

“Hello Nightshade, you clever bastard!”- Me, realizing that the delicious “lambsquarter” sprout I was examining was actually a poisonous l...

"Before you leave southern California, you gotta teach me friction fire!"-Nicholas Well, upon request, after working on my ...

“What do you call a boomerang that won’t come back? A stick!” –Old saying. Long Range The Chase Throwing sticks are ...