Cook Wild
Cook Wild
We headed out to the lease this weekend to fill feeders, adjust blinds, check cameras, sight rifles, and to hunt for pigs. Needless to say, no pork in the cooler, or this post would be about a successful hog hunt. Rather than post the obligatory “I got skunked, but golly it’s just nice to be in the Great Outdoors’” sunset pic, I opted to come home not-empty-handed. Enter: The Prickly …
The yaupon holly is a fascinating plant with a checkered past. If you live in the southeastern part of the US, you probably walk past this unassuming shrub in the wilderness and landscape installations all the time. While it is the only caffeinated plant native to North America, it has not enjoyed the same widespread consumption as the beans of the Coffea plants or the leaves of the Camellia sinensis …
Luke Shaffer
Mike Beech