Fall On The Gulf Islands

Fall has arrived on Salt Spring Island and the rest of the Gulf Islands, and it is our favorite time of year. The salmon are in the bay, and there are plenty of mushrooms to forage in the woods.

Best of all, it is hunting season, and I have been fortunate enough to spend a lot of time in the woods this fall. I was able to harvest a beautiful buck using a bow I crafted myself, which will feed my family over the next year. We often trade some of this meat with others and collaborate with local farmers to make homemade sausage and other products.

Mushroom season was slower than usual this rough this year, its been dry overall, but we managed to find a few. Along the way, we also found several nice yew trees, which we harvested, cut into staves, and set on the racks to dry.