Hi Finisia and Coyotes at large,

Here are some pictures taken July 5th 2008 at Breadroot Ranch, Washington. We collected seeds for our bundle and ate roots from the earth.

                                Continued Blessings,
                                                     Shreevie
 

Thank you Shreevie for the pictures. I pray that these native wildflowers will be in our seed bundles for the 7th generation to come.

                                                    Love,
                                                        Palach
 

Thanks Shreevie and Palach for sharing the beauty of your rewilding collaboration with Mother Earth on Breadroot Ranch.

Palach with "pulling for wildflowers" T shirt
and digging stick

Calochortus macrocarpus flower

Calochortus macrocarpus bud

Shreevie collecting Lomatium macrocarpum seeds

Coyote out on the hoop
 

Perideridia gairdneri flowers seeds and root

Wanted to share with you some pictures from Breadroot Ranch on the Little Klickitat River (see map) in May. So much abundance!  The Lomatium macrocarpum were setting seed, Lomatium nudicale in peak bloom, and the camas blooms were just winding down.  Also a small pink onion, possibly Allium douglasii(?) was in bloom.   We had the flowers over our salad... zestiyummm!   Lomatium gormanni seeds were dry and scattering in the wind... it was past prime collection time,  And the bitterroot we planted had withdrawn its leaves and were just starting their bloom.

Potlatch brought his digging stick. We learned that the best part of the  Lomatium macrocarpum root is at the bottom.  If you break the root near the top where it's skinny... keep digging!

In the next week or two we'll gather Lomatium macrocarpum seed and Lomatium columbiana  (which is not known to be edible, but is pretty)
                                Continued Blessings,
                                                        Shreevie

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Breadroot, Camas and Acorn Trees

Camas Inspector Potlatch

Roots in Hand
Lomatium Macrocarpum 

Field of Lomatium nudicale (top)
and L. MacroCarpum (bottom)