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Nov 20, 20212 min read

Our Smoked Candied Salmon Recipe – Garlic Maple Glazed Trout & Salmon

Two things that we really love about this area: Maple Syrup and fresh fish from Lake Superior. Sometimes the two come together. This is...

May 9, 20201 min read

Catching & Pressure Canning Fresh Wild Rainbow Trout/Steelhead From Lake Superior

Our Recipe For Pressure Canning Fresh Wild Salmon Spring time. One thing that we love to do here is go fishing for lake Superior rainbow...

Feb 9, 20201 min read

6 Month Update On Our DIY Dew Worm Bait Farm | Raising Canadian Nightcrawlers At Home

A six month update on building and setting up a homemade Canadian Nightcrawler worm farm. Dew worms, or nightcrawlers are one of the most...

Jan 6, 20201 min read

FORAGE AND FEAST | Coho Salmon | Yellowfoot & Golden Chanterelle | Puffballs | Lake Superior Fi

A tasty wild meal prepared from fresh lake Superior Coho salmon, Yellowfoot Chanterelles (winter chanterelles), Golden Chanterelles and...

Jan 6, 20201 min read

Fall Mushroom Foraging | YELLOWFOOT Chanterelles & Puffballs | Wild Mushrooms of Northern Ontar

Fall mushroom foraging for Yellowfoot Chanterelles, also known as winter mushroom, or Funnel Chanterelle. These fall mushrooms begin to...

Jan 6, 20202 min read

Canning & Preserving Fresh Wild Chanterelle Mushrooms

Often, the biggest problem with foraging wild mushrooms is having too many. Canning and preserving wild chanterelle mushrooms is a great...

Jan 6, 20201 min read

Foraging For Chanterelle Mushrooms In Algoma, Northern Ontario

Chanterelle Mushrooms is the common name of several species of wild edible mushrooms in the genera Cantharellus. I was lucky to get out...

Jan 6, 20201 min read

Broadleaf Plantain – Harvesting & Cooking The Flowering Shoots Of Plantago Major

Broadleaf Plantain (plantago major) is one of the most common edible backyard weeds that has been used for centuries for its medicinal...

Jan 2, 20201 min read

Raising Canadian Nightcrawlers At Home | DIY Dew Worm Farm

How to build and set up a homemade Canadian Nightcrawler worm farm. Dew worms, or nightcrawlers are one of the most popular fishing baits...

Jan 2, 20201 min read

Foraging For Trout Lily in Northern Ontario

WATCH: FORAGING FOR TROUT LILY – WHERE TO FIND AND HOW TO HARVEST

Dec 11, 20191 min read

A Day On The Ice | Tilley Lakes | Walleye Ice Fishing in Central Algoma Northern Ontario | First Ice

Come along for a day of adventure, ice fishing in northern Ontario. We headed out to the Tilley Lakes in Algoma, northern Ontario for a...

May 24, 20192 min read

Fishing For Lake Superior Steelhead – Rainbow Trout of Lake Superior Provincial Park- May, 201

We’re surrounded by lakes and rivers in the Algoma region of northern Ontario. Every season has something to offer in the way of fishing....

Jan 22, 20191 min read

How To Make Chaga Tea Two Ways

Chaga freshly harvested from the Birch tree needs to be processed before you can make Chaga tea. Processing the Chaga right away is...

Jan 17, 20191 min read

Making Birch Oil From Birch Bark – Ancient Medicine, Tar and a Natural Superglue

Today we bring a Bushcraft Special! VIDEO OUTLINING THE BIRCH OIL PROCESSING METHOD WE USE: Using our land in every way we can is very...

Jan 16, 20191 min read

Chaga Hunting – What is Chaga & Sustainable Harvest of Chaga Mushroom For Tea

What is that weird black stuff that grows on Birch Trees? It just so happens that the weird black thing growing on your Birch tree is a...

Dec 15, 20174 min read

Morels – Find & Identify Black and Yellow Morels

Spring in the forest is such a beautiful time. Songbirds are returning from their southern vacation. Bears are waking up from...

Dec 14, 20172 min read

Aspen Oyster Mushrooms

Our property is dominated by trembling aspen, a very common tree found in the northern forests of North America. On these trees grow the...

Jun 22, 20172 min read

Canned Oyster Mushrooms

We are lucky to have an abundance of Aspen Oyster mushrooms that grow wild on our land. In early summer, these mushrooms begin to appear...