Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
Livestream today (Tues, Nov 12th), 4 pm - dark: paleolithic acorn processing. Join me in the chat for a great time grinding acorns and such!
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I did my first livestream yesterday, where I finished up making a stone mortar and then ground up acorns in it. You can check it out here: youtube.com/live/7MJ_ffjbfjI
Stay tuned for future livestreams! You may want to turn on notifications, because I will likely just do them impromptu and unannounced whenever I'm working on stuff.
I have the video showing the full stone mortar making process scheduled for tomorrow.
I also have a dozen exclusive unreleased videos I've been uploading over the past months in preparation for activating memberships and a Patreon.
Other videos in the works include: a simple method of making pecan / hickory oil, taro root (I think I've made them edible, finally!), and paleo tech acorn processing.
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Happy Halloween! If you want I spooky campfire story, here's a terrifying one based on a true historical account of the Pomo in Northern California in 1917: youtu.be/P7tiKqM9eRA
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Which kinds of my videos are you most interested in?
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I am still working on making these taro roots edible. Apparently, wild taro has much more calcium oxalate raphide / needle crystals than the cultivated variety of the same species. They need to be cooked much longer, and so far, I'm still able to detect the burning sensation when held in my mouth a long time. Lots of other videos though, did you see the ones about grasshopper foraging: https://youtu.be/sFAmC73vHhc https://youtu.be/hUfb3LkD2TU or prickly pear: https://youtu.be/QVwiGIHlvJc or the two recent foraging walks: https://youtu.be/qIbDIqYV5oY https://youtu.be/bk1snq0visE ? Please check them out! And thanks for supporting my channel!
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I have been working on this stone-age bow build video for over a month and put 10 times more work into it than my second most effortful video. I am working on a video where I explain the process and its historical basis, but if you want to see the best visual representation of a complete, historically accurate, Southwest Native paleolithic bow build, please check it out: https://youtu.be/E2b1dBCJGkY
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I can easily make wild grape juice: https://youtu.be/bn-Vuse0e9o and some sunfish would go great with it.
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Just need to straighten a fishing arrow shaft before editing the video of my stone-age bow build. To straighten it, I made friction fire with sotol stalks.
I posted a video yesterday about the various uses of sotol: https://youtu.be/FASvv9KDLm8
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How I film in the rain! New video today on paloverde beans, a very underappreciated wild food source: https://youtu.be/s-J7yS5dCA0
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Disaster struck as I was about to string my bow for the final demonstration on video. I satisfactorily proved to myself that mesquite branches can be used for making a bow (using stone tools), but mesquite isn't the best bow material, with less elasticity than other choices. I was being careless when I strung it and broke the end. So, I started making another bow with stone tools, this time with mulberry, which furnishes an excellent bow-wood. I'm at the tillering stage, close to carving the nocks!
I am planning to do more long videos where I casually talk about all I know about foraging and primitive skills, with less editing and scripting than I do for my usual highly edited videos and TikTokified shorts. There is so much more I could always say, and editing takes far more time than filming. I posted the first one yesterday (https://youtu.be/P351v90q_zE) where I talk everything I know about wild grape foraging and ethnobotanical history. Please let me know what you think, or what kind of videos you would like to see!
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Wild edibles, paleo tech, & herbalism backed by science & history.
I research uses of plants, animals, and minerals. I have an academic background in ethnobiology, botany, entomology, and ecology.