It's time for a little different episode of Walkin' on the Wild Side! Join Marvin and Gabrielle for a foraging adventure to harvest, cook, and have Gabrielle try stinging nettle, a choice wild edible. This nutritious wild plant needs to be harvested with care and positive identification, but once you do, you'll have a tasty green for the table! We talk about harvesting this plant, how to handle, and then, off to the "WWS Culinary Institute" (our kitchen, lol) and we show you how to clean it, cook it, and then on to the back porch for Gabrielle's first taste. Don't worry, she survives and will make it to the next episode!

Health Benefits:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9253158/#:~:text=Aids%20in%20skin%20and%20bone,magnesium%2C%20potassium%2C%20and%20zinc.
Cooking:
https://www.thespruceeats.com/sauteed-stinging-nettles-2217561#:~:text=Nettles%20need%20to%20be%20thoroughly,down%20in%20one%20fell%20swoop.
Positive Identification:
https://www.wildedible.com/wild-food-guide/stinging-nettle

If you're ever in Saluda, NC, please check out this amazing gallery called Earthly Minds Gallery. Such a great store and co-owned by Sabrina Romero, a wonderful artist! Check out this webpage, learn about this great gallery, and if you're up that way, stop in and support them!
https://earthlymindsgallery.com/

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We're back for another episode of Walkin' on the Wild Side! It's the time of year that we are starting to get hints of Fall and many animal behaviors are starting to change with the seasons. Birds are migrating, squirrels are getting busy, but I always thing of the industrious beaver this time of year! The careful observer who has beavers in the area will notice more activity from these semi-aquatic mammals as they start caching twigs, branches, and other food for the winter. But beavers get a bad rap because of their ability to change their habitat and are much maligned in many areas. But it's this ability that creates habitat, improves water quality, and can be beneficial to our environment if we can just find a way to get along with this neat critter. Join Marvin and Gabrielle as we seek to instill some appreciation for beavers and hopefully inspire more folks to get along with this amazing architect. Diverse habitats, water conservation, and stormwater management is all a possibility if we just "leave it to beavers"!

Here's some more information on beavers:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62316/11-fascinating-facts-about-beavers
https://facts.net/beaver-facts/
https://www.newmouth.com/resources/beaver-teeth-facts/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/beavers-climate-change-conservation-news

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Hi and welcome back to Walkin' on the Wild Side! This episode, we're going to the coast (figuratively) and talking about one of the rarest marine mammals, the northern right whale. Taken to the brink of extinction by the whaling industry, this slow moving, surface dwelling whale faces an uncertain future as population numbers compromised during whaling continue to decline due to modern day vessel strikes, entanglement in fishing gear, and demands for the ocean's resources. Join Marvin and Gabrielle to learn more about this incredible marine mammal, it's stuggles, and continued efforts to save a whale who's very survival is in the hands of the human race.

For more information, here are a few websites for you to check out:
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/north-atlantic-right-whale
https://www.mmc.gov/priority-topics/species-of-concern/north-atlantic-right-whale/
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/north-atlantic-right-whale
https://www.nrdc.org/bio/francine-kershaw/final-north-atlantic-right-whale-and-offshore-wind-strategy-released

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