

Calabogie Hiker: Backyard Edibles
Photo: Centre image: Dame's Rocket, Bottom left clockwise: Lamb's Quarters, Wild Sweet Peas, Mouse-Ear Chickweed, Purslane and Ox-Eye...


Calabogie Hiker: Early Spring Flora to Watch for in N.E. Ontario and Québec Highlands.
Top: Trillium, Wild Ginger, Dutchman’s Breeches. Middle: Trout Lily, Wild Violet, Bellwort. Bottom: White Hepatica, Bethroot. BLOG #17:...


Calabogie Hiker: Winter Fungi Foraging.
BLOG16: Winter Fungi Foraging is a thing. Did you know? As I write this article, it is mid-November and a very balmy 6-degree Celsius...


Calabogie Hiker: Spore Printing and Mushroom ID Basics.
BLOG 15: The more I study the mysterious Fungi Kingdom the more fascinating they become to me. We know fungi play a vital role in the...


Calabogie Hiker: Fungi, The Brains of the Forest
BLOG 14: When you hike onto a dark and damp trail, a trail covered with a thick canopy of trees blocking most of the sun so that only...

Calabogie Hiker: Forest Bathing, Medicinal Hiking Method
BLOG 13: Forest Bathing in the Highlands anyone? Have you ever seen these exotic Canadian flowers (below) while hiking in the Madawaska...


Calabogie Hiker: Yellow Lady's Slipper, Medicinal
BLOG 12: The extremely beautiful Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium pubescens) is scattered throughout the highlands. I took this photo...


CALABOGIE HIKER: MAIDENHAIR FERN, MEDICINAL
BLOG 11: The Maidenhair fern (Adiantum Pedatum) is beautiful and easy to find in the rich woods and limestone ravines of the Madawaska...


CALABOGIE HIKER: Wild Ginger, Edible (Spring Walk Series)
BLOG 10: With the invention of the internet and smartphones we have very quickly become a global community. The ingenious iPhone is only...


CALABOGIE HIKER: Jack-In-The-Pulpit (Spring Walk Series)
BLOG 9: This unusual Spring wildflower is affectionately called Jack-In-Pulpit. The 'flower' is not technically a flower and is actually...