bankrunner
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Post by bankrunner on Mar 27, 2016 11:06:48 GMT -5
Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. Registered a couple days ago to check out the site and have enjoyed looking at the beautiful creations you guys have made. I have spent a lot of my free time foraging for agate, petrified wood, fossils, shark teeth, jade, jasper, drift wood, burl, specimen manzanita, quartz crystals, sea shells, gold and I also enjoy fishing hunting and foraging for wild edibles (mostly mushrooms). I've dabbled in tumbling, natural necklaces and wire wrapping. I can already tell I'm going to learn a lot from the people on this site and hopefully can contribute as well.
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 27, 2016 11:35:50 GMT -5
Hello, welcome and Happy Easter to you, too! Just remember- It didn't happen if we don't see pictures- which is to say we love visual aids.
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bankrunner
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Post by bankrunner on Mar 27, 2016 13:19:16 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 27, 2016 17:13:40 GMT -5
Welcome and Happy Easter.
Let's see, manzanita and foraging especially for wild mushrooms. I take it you are most likely from Northern California?
I have seen manzanita up there North of S.F. growing as trees. We only get little bushes of it here in Southern Nevada and about 6 feet high in Northern Nevada.
And I know there are a lot of mushrooms in Northern California, especially around the Pinnacles and Santa Cruz. Did a lot of collecting when I was up there years ago.
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Post by Pat on Mar 27, 2016 17:22:42 GMT -5
Welcome from San Jose! Sounds like you are having a wonderful time:)
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bankrunner
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Post by bankrunner on Mar 27, 2016 17:37:13 GMT -5
Thanks and yes i'm in Santa Cruz. I mostly collect chantrelles and porcinis near home and morels in the sierras. The chantrelles were really scarce this year but my son and I found and added lions mane to our short list this year. I've been to the pinnacles once, years ago before i got into mushrooms.
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bankrunner
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Post by bankrunner on Mar 27, 2016 17:46:35 GMT -5
Welcome from San Jose! Sounds like you are having a wonderful time:) Thanks Pat.
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 27, 2016 18:32:14 GMT -5
Thanks and yes i'm in Santa Cruz. I mostly collect chantrelles and porcinis near home and morels in the sierras. The chantrelles were really scarce this year but my son and I found and added lions mane to our short list this year. I've been to the pinnacles once, years ago before i got into mushrooms. I like that area a lot. Was up there for about 3 months on business a while back. Some great scuba diving South of there at Monastery Beach and Monterrey. A lot of oyster mushrooms in the Pinnacles. Also found honey mushrooms, lion's mane, earth stars, boletus etc. there.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Mar 27, 2016 20:01:49 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Bankrunner. Sounds like you'll fit right in here.
To post pictures, you'll need to host them somewhere like Flickr or Photobucket. Copy the BBcode link here.
I had no idea what a manzanita was until I looked it up. I'm still not sure what you're collecting. It is a bush with edible fruit, but "specimen manzanita" doesn't sound like you're collecting fruit. Whole plants? Wood? I'm assuming you use the wood for something. Tell us more!
Rob
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Post by Pat on Mar 27, 2016 20:24:49 GMT -5
When the kids were in grammar school, they collected manzanita bark to make tea.
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meviva
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Post by meviva on Mar 27, 2016 20:53:17 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum. Like the others said, we love pics.
Andrea
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 27, 2016 21:20:22 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Bankrunner. Sounds like you'll fit right in here. To post pictures, you'll need to host them somewhere like Flickr or Photobucket. Copy the BBcode link here. I had no idea what a manzanita was until I looked it up. I'm still not sure what you're collecting. It is a bush with edible fruit, but "specimen manzanita" doesn't sound like you're collecting fruit. Whole plants? Wood? I'm assuming you use the wood for something. Tell us more! Rob I collect the tea for people with urinary tract infections (UTIs). Manzanita contains 16 aglycones (hydorquinone bound to a glucose molecule) compared to the commonly used relative uva ursi. When the aglycones reach the kidneys the glucose molecule is split off releasing the antiseptic hydroquinones in to the urinary tract killing the infection without causing secondary infections like antibiotics cause. The berries are collected for food and to make jellies, etc. The wood is extremely hard and takes a great polish. It is used in making lamps, furniture, etc.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Mar 27, 2016 21:56:49 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Bankrunner. Sounds like you'll fit right in here. To post pictures, you'll need to host them somewhere like Flickr or Photobucket. Copy the BBcode link here. I had no idea what a manzanita was until I looked it up. I'm still not sure what you're collecting. It is a bush with edible fruit, but "specimen manzanita" doesn't sound like you're collecting fruit. Whole plants? Wood? I'm assuming you use the wood for something. Tell us more! Rob I collect the tea for people with urinary tract infections (UTIs). Manzanita contains 16 aglycones (hydorquinone bound to a glucose molecule) compared to the commonly used relative uva ursi. When the aglycones reach the kidneys the glucose molecule is split off releasing the antiseptic hydroquinones in to the urinary tract killing the infection without causing secondary infections like antibiotics cause. The berries are collected for food and to make jellies, etc. The wood is extremely hard and takes a great polish. It is used in making lamps, furniture, etc. Thanks. Sounds like a valuable plant.
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zarguy
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Post by zarguy on Mar 27, 2016 22:51:54 GMT -5
Bankrunner, welcome to the forum. We're a bunch of hopeless rockhounds & nature nuts. I hope you can handle that. I'm from Cupertino originally, but now in Cedar City Utah. I spent many hours at Pescadero beach finding beach tumbled agates. It was my therapy. Now I find a different kind of agate in the high desert. Lynn
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bankrunner
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Post by bankrunner on Mar 27, 2016 22:53:56 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Bankrunner. Sounds like you'll fit right in here. To post pictures, you'll need to host them somewhere like Flickr or Photobucket. Copy the BBcode link here. I had no idea what a manzanita was until I looked it up. I'm still not sure what you're collecting. It is a bush with edible fruit, but "specimen manzanita" doesn't sound like you're collecting fruit. Whole plants? Wood? I'm assuming you use the wood for something. Tell us more! Rob Thanks for the welcome and thanks for the tips on posting pics. Looks like i need figure out flicker and photobucket. Iv'e eaten the berries they taste good, a bit on the dry side and mostly seed. I know the sierra black bears love em, at the right time of the year their scat is full of seeds. As far as the manzanita goes...I've cut, shaped and finished small pieces of the burl and used it in two necklaces. One is shaped burl and the other is a pendant piece with burl holding a fossilized tooth or claw. It is super hard wood with a small cell structure, large pieces most always have cracks when they dry.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Mar 28, 2016 7:41:58 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Bankrunner. Sounds like you'll fit right in here. To post pictures, you'll need to host them somewhere like Flickr or Photobucket. Copy the BBcode link here. I had no idea what a manzanita was until I looked it up. I'm still not sure what you're collecting. It is a bush with edible fruit, but "specimen manzanita" doesn't sound like you're collecting fruit. Whole plants? Wood? I'm assuming you use the wood for something. Tell us more! Rob Thanks for the welcome and thanks for the tips on posting pics. Looks like i need figure out flicker and photobucket. Iv'e eaten the berries they taste good, a bit on the dry side and mostly seed. I know the sierra black bears love em, at the right time of the year their scat is full of seeds. As far as the manzanita goes...I've cut, shaped and finished small pieces of the burl and used it in two necklaces. One is shaped burl and the other is a pendant piece with burl holding a fossilized tooth or claw. It is super hard wood with a small cell structure, large pieces most always have cracks when they dry. Yep, you really do need to learn to post pictures!
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