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This space is designed for a growing NTFP network! With your help we will get a better understanding of the the regions' diverse products and uses, as well as the many forest product users and their numerous motivations for harvest.

Made in the Shade

Objectives:
• Increase awareness of non-timber forest products and resources
• Develop and exchange non-timber information, experiences, and traditions
• Establish a network for social and economic non-timber resource users and entrepreneurs, managers, and educators
• Link Minnesota’s and Midwestern non-timber resources with national and international partners and opportunities

Links

UMN Extension
MyMinnesotaWoods
MN DNR
North House Folk School
Mickman Brothers
Blandin Foundation
Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Ag Management (CINRAM)
Forest Connect
Centre for NTFP at Royal Rhodes
IFCAE
Fond du Lac Home Page
The Primitive Ways website

Members

  • Eli Sagor
  • Julie Miedtke
  • Heather Wilsey
  • Dave Wilsey
  • Dave McGill
  • Ron Severs
  • Lita Buttolph
  • john zasada
  • Mitchell Sanders
  • Mike Reichenbach
  • Dean Current
 

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Blog Posts

Dave Wilsey

Shady Grove: Mate...a Special Posting from the Word Forestry Congress in Argentina

Posted by Dave Wilsey on October 25, 2009 at 12:00am

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Shady Grove: Balsam boughs

Posted by Dave Wilsey on September 25, 2009 at 12:00am

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Shady Grove: Making the Most of Moose

Posted by Dave Wilsey on September 20, 2009 at 12:00am

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Shady Grove: Putting the Woods in Pottery

Posted by Dave Wilsey on September 13, 2009 at 12:00am

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Shady Grove: I Love a Parade

Posted by Dave Wilsey on September 6, 2009 at 11:30am

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Edible Ferns 3 Replies

Started by Dave Wilsey. Last reply by Dave Wilsey Dec. 9, 2009.

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What is the missing link, or links, for forest product harvesters/gatherers?

Started by Dave Wilsey Apr. 8, 2009.

Latest Activity

Dave Wilsey commented on Dave McGill's video 'What ginseng buyers like'
Great video Dave, thanks for sharing this. Any idea why the price dropped so much this year?
December 9, 2009
Dave McGill added a video
What ginseng buyers like
01:06
Bill Slagle of northern West Virginia discusses some of the attributes in ginseng that export buyers like to see. Bill has cultivated 'forest grown' ginseng (cultivated in beds under a forest cover) for over 15 years.
December 9, 2009
Dave Wilsey replied to Dave Wilsey's discussion 'Edible Ferns'
Thanks Dave, that kind of echos Thayer's observation that edible is a highly subjective term...you can eat it, but would you really want to???
December 9, 2009
Dave McGill replied to Dave Wilsey's discussion 'Edible Ferns'
Just found a reference that cinnamon fern is edible, but not as good as others: http://ontarioferns.com/main/species.php?id=4004.
December 4, 2009
Dave McGill is now a member of Made in the Shade
Welcome Them!
December 4, 2009
Lita Buttolph is now a member of Made in the Shade
Welcome Them!
October 28, 2009
Dave Wilsey added a blog post
2 products: The tea The gourd Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is a clunky name for an amazing array of resources and products procured from in and around the woods. So often knowledge about NTFPs is regional, cultural, or limited to small groups…
October 25, 2009
Dave Wilsey added a blog post
September 25, 2009
Dave Wilsey added a blog post
An iconic Minnesota animal and an important source of meat for many families, the moose is a resource that is much more. I had the good fortune to speak with several Fond du Lac band members about moose over the past few weeks. Artist and FDL museu…
September 20, 2009
Dave Wilsey added a blog post
Another Art Fair find was Barb Dreyer, whose ceramics and pottery depend on forest resources for the timeless and natural appeal. Barb uses forest products such as pine cones, needles, leaves, branches, and berries to imprint her pottery before firi…
September 13, 2009
Dave Wilsey added a blog post
A few weeks back I visited the Park Point Art Fair in Duluth and came upon an interesting booth. I Love a Parade is a nonprofit organization in Minneapolis that works with homeless women. The women use donated materials to produce pieces of art, oft…
September 6, 2009
Dave Wilsey added a photo to the album 'I love a parade'
I love a parade
September 4, 2009
Dave Wilsey added a blog post
Julie Miedtke shared this photo of a giant epicormic ash burl (pictured with Dave Parent). Her hope is to develop an educational and fun experience around the study and extraction of this burl: an experience that will take us from the tree to the fi…
August 30, 2009
Dave Wilsey added a blog post
Waatebagaa Giizis is the leaves changing color moon. Waatebagaa actually means brightly colored leaves…perhaps the association with the color change came later? This moon is also known as Mandaamini Giizis (corn moon) and Moozo Giizis (moose moon).…
August 28, 2009
Dave Wilsey added a blog post
Charlie Nahgahnub of the Fond du Lac band demonstrated his technique and shared his philosophy on the creation of cedar wild rice knockers and wild rice harvesting at the 13 Moons Workshop at the Fond du Lac Ojibwe School. Participants were treated…
August 23, 2009
Dave Wilsey added a blog post
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is a clunky name for an amazing array of resources and products procured from in and around the woods. So often knowledge about NTFPs is regional, cultural, or limited to small groups of resource users. For this re…
August 16, 2009
 
 

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