So April 6th was our first spring foraging run. The original goal was to see how the yarrow is growing at one of our zones after observing it doing very well at the horse barn. We did come back with a bit of yarrow, but not without observing just how many fir sprigs and branches had blown off the Douglas fir trees in the same area. We ended up gathering a full cloth grocery bag of fallen, still-green, fir sprigs! Along the way, we observed that the animals hadn’t bothered to eat the fruit of the kinnickinick plants, and now…
