I wish I was finding a lot of it. I only find it rarely. I'm in southern CT.

yes you can eat the leaves of young beech trees in the spring. They taste a little nutty. The beech nuts only fall from mature ones though.

That's a really good idea. I have been thinking a lot about that because I see people making huge mistakes on both ends of the spectrum. first those that know so little but think they know a lot that it is dangerous. I've done research, this is how the few deaths a year from mushroom hunting usually happen. Overconfidence and picking the wrong species. on the other end of the spectrum are people that get overwhelmed and feel they can't really learn anything because they don't know everything. but what they are missing is that just learning a few plants extremely well is possible and a good way to start. We all don't have to be experts right away, but we can still benefit.

please educate me more on rumble. It looks interesting.

its between a slash pine and long leaf pine.

Here we only have eastern white, red, black, pitch, and austrian. Down there you have a whole different set. I believe loblolly(pinus taeda) is common there. The first step is to get a hold of a branch and count how many needles in a bunch. It's, usually 2, 3 or 5. and look at the pinecone, they may have slight differences. feel free to email me at eattheplanet.org@gmail.com if you want help identifying them.

@@EatThePlanet thanks! please keep up the vids. i just subbed today. go into detail on a particular species so we can get all the info in one vid if and when its possible. keep it up!