Down Mountain Roads

[fossis]

After weeks of temp's in the high 90's & low 100's, we got a 'cooling rain', so I drove about 30 miles down some Mt roads, I saw two 'fast deer', wild plums, grapes, hickory nuts, sumac seed, red berries, (not sure of these), plus elder-berries, it seems the bears like them very well.
we also have blackberrys around June, plus muscadines in Sept, & paw-paw's in Oct, so the animals have several things to eat when the weather is right.

Fossis..............

 

[colorado14ers]

looks yummy . Nice pix there!!!

 

[fossis]

looks yummy . Nice pix there!!!

All except the 'bear scat'.

Fossis..............

 

[colorado14ers]

looks yummy . Nice pix there!!!

All except the 'bear scat'.

Fossis..............

you ever had some? its really good ......jk

 

[fossis]

looks yummy . Nice pix there!!!

All except the 'bear scat'.

Fossis..............

you ever had some? its really good ......jk

Not yet, haven't been that hungry, but you never know.

Fossis.............

 

[Okie Hillbillies]

Hello Fossis, that was a good looking drive I haven't got to go any where lately. the weather cooled
down a little this evening mayby if it stays this way we can do a little detecting.

OkieHillBillie

 

[naturegirl]

Muscadine, I'm not sure we have them up here, and paw-paws aren't too common that I know of. I'd like to see both of those. Maybe the red berries are a type of haw? Not sure, but they look familiar. Glad you got to cool down a bit. It seems to be a very heavy-bearing fruit year, all the wild fruit has been loaded. Rain at the right time, and no late freeze I guess. Nice walk!

 

[rginn]

Nice country. We used to take those shoemake berries and soak them in water. It was kinda like lemonade, or you could just suck on them. (Only the red ones; the white ones are poison.) Muscadine makes good wine. We didn't do much with hickory nuts, but grandpa and them used to pick a bunch of green black walnuts, put them in a gunny sack, then drag the sack along the ground behind a horse so they got roughed up. They rode down to the creek and threw the sack in and it would stun the fish so they could gather them up. Don't you got persimmon trees, and did you ever try to eat a persimmon before a good killin frost? (everybody's done that I bet)

 

[traderoftreasures]

i guess bears do scat in the woods.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Wow, those are some great pictures.
Funny, we have the same type of "smooshed" black berry's on the ground like you have!

 

[fossis]

Hello Fossis, that was a good looking drive I haven't got to go any where lately. the weather cooled
down a little this evening mayby if it stays this way we can do a little detecting.

OkieHillBillie

I'me ready.

Fossis.............

 

[fossis]

Muscadine, I'm not sure we have them up here, and paw-paws aren't too common that I know of. I'd like to see both of those. Maybe the red berries are a type of haw? Not sure, but they look familiar. Glad you got to cool down a bit. It seems to be a very heavy-bearing fruit year, all the wild fruit has been loaded. Rain at the right time, and no late freeze I guess. Nice walk!

I got out today & got a pic of paw-paw's, didn't see any muscadines , but saw eight deer, one posed for me, the others ran. :P

Fossis...........

 

[fossis]

Nice country. We used to take those shoemake berries and soak them in water. It was kinda like lemonade, or you could just suck on them. (Only the red ones; the white ones are poison.) Muscadine makes good wine. We didn't do much with hickory nuts, but grandpa and them used to pick a bunch of green black walnuts, put them in a gunny sack, then drag the sack along the ground behind a horse so they got roughed up. They rode down to the creek and threw the sack in and it would stun the fish so they could gather them up. Don't you got persimmon trees, and did you ever try to eat a persimmon before a good killin frost? (everybody's done that I bet)

My Grandmother used to make a drink from the sumac berries, & I made some, just add sugar & tastes just like lemonade, I sampled some good muscadine wine last summer.
I had heard about using black walnet shells that way, never tried it though. :P
We have plenty of persimmon trees, mostly in the flatlands, & we used to pull the 'green-persimmon' trick on our California cousins.

 

[fossis]

i guess bears do scat in the woods.

When you gotta go, 'you gotta go'.

Fossis.............

 

[fossis]

Wow, those are some great pictures.
Funny, we have the same type of "smooshed" black berry's on the ground like you have!

Thanks, they must not digest them very well.

Fossis...........

 

[naturegirl]

Hi fossis. Those paw-paw leaves look very distinctive, have you tried the fruit? Hear they taste kinda like banana, so Ive always been curious. My Grandmother remembered eating them. And yep, pulled the persimmon trick on a person or two myself

 

[traderoftreasures]

paw paws taste like bananas only for a few days. they taste like crud all the others

 

[NGE]

So that's where " Scatman Crother's " got his name. Maybe he used to be fed bear scat when he was growing up?.....NGE

 

[fossis]

Hi fossis. Those paw-paw leaves look very distinctive, have you tried the fruit? Hear they taste kinda like banana, so Ive always been curious. My Grandmother remembered eating them. And yep, pulled the persimmon trick on a person or two myself

Yep, i've tried them, but you never seem to want but one, they have quite the aftertaste.

Fossis...........

 

[fossis]

paw paws taste like bananas only for a few days. they taste like crud all the others

Agreed

Fossis...........