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New Book Coming Soon!
My new book, Wild Foods of Prince Edward Island is coming out this spring and now available for pre-order. Published by The Acorn Press,...
katemacquarrie22
Feb 221 min read
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Beaver Tracks
It’s hard to find near-perfect examples of tracks from terrestrial mammals, let alone from semi-aquatic ones. That’s why I was thrilled...
katemacquarrie22
Feb 93 min read
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Recognizing Raccoon Tracks
This winter, we’re looking at how to identify PEI wildlife tracks and sign. Raccoons often stay in their dens and rely on fat reserves...
katemacquarrie22
Jan 193 min read
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Blue Roundhead
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s fascinating fungi. We’ve reached the end of mushroom season – and this...
katemacquarrie22
Dec 8, 20243 min read
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Deer Mice
Just like us, PEI’s wildlife has been busy getting ready for winter. And just like us, our neighbours of other species use various...
katemacquarrie22
Dec 4, 20243 min read
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Spruce Sprite
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today’s mushroom may be small, but that...
katemacquarrie22
Dec 1, 20242 min read
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Scaber Stalks
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today, it’s not one mushroom, but an entire...
katemacquarrie22
Nov 24, 20243 min read
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Orange Jelly Spot
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. ‘Mushroom’ usually evokes the stereotypical...
katemacquarrie22
Nov 17, 20243 min read
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Labrador Tea
Fall is a great time to collect some of PEI’s aromatic wild leaves, perfect for spicing up food and drink during the cold winter months....
katemacquarrie22
Nov 13, 20243 min read
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Slimy Spike
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday! (A day early this week to respect Remembrance Day). ‘Slime veil’ probably isn’t a phrase you expected...
katemacquarrie22
Nov 10, 20243 min read
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Wintergreen
PEI’s gardens and farm fields may be winding down for the year, but there’s still lots of fresh wild food in the landscape. It’s the...
katemacquarrie22
Nov 6, 20243 min read
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Peppery Bolete
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. I’ve been seeing today’s mushroom all over the...
katemacquarrie22
Nov 3, 20243 min read
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Red-belted Polypore
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Mushroom identification doesn’t get much...
katemacquarrie22
Oct 27, 20243 min read
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Fly Agaric
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today’s mushroom is large, showy, common, and...
katemacquarrie22
Oct 20, 20243 min read
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Red-osier Dogwood
If you’ve attended any of my wild plant workshops, you’ll have heard me say “don’t eat white berries”. While there is one edible, native,...
katemacquarrie22
Oct 16, 20243 min read
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Artist's Conk
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today it’s one of our common polypores,...
katemacquarrie22
Oct 13, 20242 min read
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A Few Toxic Fruits
PEI’s landscape is full of wild fruits right now, but not all are edible. Let’s look at two of the species I’ve been getting a lot of...
katemacquarrie22
Oct 9, 20243 min read
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Milkcaps
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Last week we explored the Russula group (aka...
katemacquarrie22
Oct 6, 20243 min read
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Butternut
When you hear the words ‘endangered species’, I’m betting animals like Piping Plover and Monarch Butterflies – or maybe Elephants and...
katemacquarrie22
Oct 2, 20243 min read
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Russula
Welcome back to Mushroom Monday, your weekly look at some of PEI’s easy-to-identify fungi. Today it’s not one species, but a group: the...
katemacquarrie22
Sep 29, 20242 min read
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