u/IWantAHobbitLife

I’d like to develop a foraging trail through our Wisconsin woodlands. We have about 65 acres of oak and walnut woodland - hilly, some older growth, most newer, some in decent shape, some with heavy invasives. My dream is to create a trail (over the next decade+) where we manage along the trail for native woodland edibles - mushrooms, wild ramps, nuts, others? How do I figure out how to do that? Books or article recommendations? Podcasts?

I’d like to develop a foraging trail through our Wisconsin woodlands. We have about 65 acres of oak and walnut woodland - hilly, some older growth, most newer, some in decent shape, some with heavy invasives. My dream is to create a trail (over the next decade+) where we manage along the trail for native woodland edibles - mushrooms, wild ramps, nuts, others? How do I figure out how to do that? Books or article recommendations? Podcasts?

A huge thanks to those of you in this forum who answered all my questions months ago as I was trying to figure out how to set all this up. In this article, I lay out all the gear I used, why I picked it, and how much it cost. It's Part 2 of a multi-part series about this system. There are links at the beginning and end of the article if you want to read it all, but figured this group might be most interested in the "how" of it all. I'll come back in a couple months with a follow up on what I get back and how I process all the data using free AI tools.

Wresting with a major decision regarding an acre of beautiful trees on our land. Let me know if you agree with where we landed.