Comments on: Mushrooms, Knives and Taking Risks http://boysalmanac.com/2008/11/27/mushrooms-knives-and-taking-risks/ Boy's Almanac: Modern Adventures with The American Boy's Handy Book Tue, 15 May 2012 16:42:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: alis http://boysalmanac.com/2008/11/27/mushrooms-knives-and-taking-risks/comment-page-1/#comment-206 alis Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:04:41 +0000 http://boysalmanac.com/?p=204#comment-206 Oh, yes ~ prying up skipping rocks! That is the best use for pocket knives I have heard of yet! Oh, yes ~ prying up skipping rocks! That is the best use for pocket knives I have heard of yet!

]]> By: denise http://boysalmanac.com/2008/11/27/mushrooms-knives-and-taking-risks/comment-page-1/#comment-205 denise Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:12:11 +0000 http://boysalmanac.com/?p=204#comment-205 Mushrooming is popular around here. When I lived in NM there were stories every season of people dying from picking the wrong mushrooms...so I preferred to stick with our top 2 that are obvious and easy to identify and don't have any close poisonous relatives. We don't really do it much now though. I am sure we will go more as the boys are older...they don't have much interest in picking mushrooms yet. They'd rather explore the woods more liberally, wildly, and at random! ;) We have pocket knives that the boys can use when we are in the woods. They don't play with them in the house or anything, but we have a 'kit' of what we usually carry when hiking, so that is a part of the package. They forget about them for a while, and then get really into them again sometimes. They are particularly good for digging little rocks up to throw into ponds... Mushrooming is popular around here. When I lived in NM there were stories every season of people dying from picking the wrong mushrooms…so I preferred to stick with our top 2 that are obvious and easy to identify and don’t have any close poisonous relatives. We don’t really do it much now though. I am sure we will go more as the boys are older…they don’t have much interest in picking mushrooms yet. They’d rather explore the woods more liberally, wildly, and at random! ;)

We have pocket knives that the boys can use when we are in the woods. They don’t play with them in the house or anything, but we have a ‘kit’ of what we usually carry when hiking, so that is a part of the package. They forget about them for a while, and then get really into them again sometimes. They are particularly good for digging little rocks up to throw into ponds…

]]> By: Alis http://boysalmanac.com/2008/11/27/mushrooms-knives-and-taking-risks/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Alis Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:56:10 +0000 http://boysalmanac.com/?p=204#comment-202 Right! So don't anyone rush out and make a thanksgiving side dish out of mushrooms that look like this growing in your back yard! Right! So don’t anyone rush out and make a thanksgiving side dish out of mushrooms that look like this growing in your back yard!

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