Wildcrafting California Nevada Sierra, Doug Berry

[@rhondaz356]

WOW, you two know just about EVERYTHING. Between the two of you, Doug and Kellie, I got quite an education. You each know so much about so much. You complement, and compliment each other perfectly.🎉 That lunch, including the cookies, looked luscious.😋 I thoroughly enjoyed your demonstrations, Doug... and Kellie pointing out real examples of baskets, etc., and their history. simply fascinating...👏🏻👏🏻 I really enjoyed this video. Imagine making your own tea! This was so terrific from Start to Finish. All roads lead back to lovely Mono Lake.😃😉 There's something about a creek or stream flowing rapidly, and noisily in the otherwise silent environment. Well, this was TOTALLY topnotch, as always, Doug and Kellie.🎉🎉 Thank you, so much. 🎆🎊👏🏻👏🏻☀️

[@CalNeva]

@@rhondaz356 Thank you Rhonda, Kellie is very smart and organized, so those qualities sure help our collaborations together...as for me I am still a work in progress. We get along so well, and are both athletic outdoor people which makes it fun doing these adventures. She is the perfect fit as the museum curator and is a very kind and genuine person. I like to keep learning new things and enjoy sharing what I have learned. ♥️🤍💙🤠🍪🇺🇸👋

[@rhondaz356]

@@CalNeva Awww the mutual camaraderie, respect, and caring is so obvious, Doug. soul mates 🤗☀️🔥

[@CalNeva]

@@rhondaz356 I think we have respect for each other, that's what makes it work!

[@jennifertriplett6149]

We were happy tonight when we saw you posrlted another video. Look forward to every one and this one did not disappoint! Thank you for sharing your knowledge about the pine nuts and the process. Always enjoy seeing what Kelli harvests for tea making. Keep up the good work. We appreciate what you do!

[@CalNeva]

@@jennifertriplett6149 Thank you Jennifer, that inspires us to keep on going! Kellie makes several types of homemade teas and is an excellent baker and healthy minded cook. ♥️🤍💙

[@jimrobison4112]

first comment again..............hooray. now i will watch the video and let you know how i feel about it......i know it will be a great one

[@CalNeva]

@@jimrobison4112 Thank you for having such confidence in us!

[@jimrobison4112]

@@CalNeva you did it again...fun to watch are you gaining any weight with all those great looking cookies thanks again

[@CalNeva]

@@jimrobison4112 Thank you, yes I have some pounds to burn off for winter! 🚲

[@ginaevlogs]

Hey y’all, I’m heading out to TN in a couple weeks but still been enjoying your videos from home! It was so nice to meet Kellie on my way to Las Vegas back in August. Us Italians pronounce the Pinenut as “pin-YOL-ay” and it is a big part of our diet! Hope you all have been well!! Take good care! -G

[@CalNeva]

@@ginaevlogs Hi G! I knew I needed your help in pronouncing that and ended up butchering it instead! Hope the music festival in August was a good event. So happy to hear from you and I hope and pray your move to Tennessee will be a positive change for your life goals! Best of blessings to you my Italian American friend! -D

[@ginaevlogs]

@@CalNeva Awww thanks Doug. That’s so nice of you to say! The concerts were amazing, and you did not butcher the pronunciation, you did good!! Hope to see you all around again someday. I understand Kellie has family in TN. Take good care of yourself and Miss Kellie for me! All the very best. -G

[@maverick4080]

That was excellent video Doug and Kellie. I really do enjoy getting to see Nevada through your camera lens, it's such a beautiful state compared to the same old NW Georgia mountain scenery. Thanks for taking us along..😊

[@CalNeva]

@@maverick4080 Hi Maverick, happy to hear you are well after all that weather out your way! Enjoy sharing Nevada with you my friend. 🐎🤠🫏

[@hestheMaster]

You can always learn many things from your videos of the Sierra Nevada Doug! I wish we had smellovision. Kellie is a great docent in your travels and especially when it comes to providing lunch after all that work. The short Aspen trees are doing well and their yellow leaf color is great this time of year! You both are very much in tune with nature unlike this city boy. Keep these fine vlogs coming Doug!

[@CalNeva]

@@hestheMaster Will do, thank you Steve! You have a great mind for research; you must be some type of sleuth; perhaps a PI or investigator? Either way, we enjoy reading your excellent comments. There must be so much to do, see, experience, and learn in the big city. 👋 🏢🏬Chicago 🏛️🏦🏫 🇺🇸

[@hestheMaster]

@@CalNeva Surf the internet like a pro and with little research ability. I didn't know I was so good at it!

[@brakerbraker829]

The "dust in the rear view mirror" shot...very road movie cinematic.👍

[@CalNeva]

@@brakerbraker829 Thank you, only a cool professional driver or photographer would really have taken note of that. 😎

[@jwebbw]

You read my mind on this one, I've always wondered which conifer tree the Native Americans gathered their edible pine nuts from. This video was very educational, well done, I appreciate it.

[@CalNeva]

@@jwebbw Thank you, we have enjoyed eating all of the pine nuts we gathered; delicious.

[@Brother_D_therail]

Hey there Brother Doug and Kellie 👋. I don't know how you do it. Every video is a winner 🏆! Or am I just easy to please? Ha ha! I know you know that I would especially love this one, in the pinyon pines. I could just feel the silence. And I love pine nuts !! Not many probably know it, but the so called ghost pines on the western foothills of the Sierras are really tasty, but a lot harder to harvest. It was definitely great fun Brother! 🇺🇸

[@CalNeva]

@@Brother_D_therail Hi Brother D, I was thinking about you as we were walking in the pinion pines, because that is one of your all time favorite places. The nuts are Delicious after they are baked! The rose hips are so strong; the kitchen smells like 🍒 berries. We did that all in a day, so we covered a lot of ground. Surprisingly, we were able to keep all the pine sap off everything....and the olive oil is much better on the hands than paint thinner! Thank you for the kind words and support! 🍪🌲🍪🌲🍪🇺🇸🐎

[@danacalifornia9453]

Wow!! I asked and I received! The pinion harvesting was very interesting! This video was all so lovely from beginning to end! I found so many views I would love to attempt to paint. What another wonderful day you both had! 🐿️🐿️🍁🍂. Thank you so much!❤️💐🌹

[@CalNeva]

@@danacalifornia9453 Thank you Dana! I will try to get back up there next week when the colors will really be spectacular so you can get inspired for another painting! 🍁🌾💙

[@danacalifornia9453]

@@CalNeva oh, nice!!! Thank you!! Im wondering how Kellie processes the rose-hip from the buds? They must make a nice rose potpourris. I was thinking the pine cones would make a pretty center piece in a bowl or basket for the holidays; natural or sprayed gold or silver. It’s so nice to have Fall weather come in after a long, hot summer. 🌝

[@CalNeva]

@@danacalifornia9453 Kellie collects the bigger cones for home craft projects and dries the rose flowers to scent and freshen her home. Wow, what a hot long summer it was...looking forward to the first storm as it blows into this side of the mountains. Enjoy!

[@Cojiii1959]

Thanks Doug and Kellie for sharing! So interesting, I never knew about harvesting the pine nuts but use them to make pesto. Thanks as always for taking us along.

[@CalNeva]

@@Cojiii1959 Hi Carl, you are one of my favorite subscribers: haven't heard from you in a while! That made my day! I bet you have been busy; working, traveling, enjoying life. I have made pesto with the pinions and basil too. Have a great fall my friend! 😎 ⚙️American Steel 🔗🦾

[@Cojiii1959]

@@CalNeva Right on brother Doug! If I get out to Vegas for a tradeshow here soon, I’ll reach out to you and take you and Kelly out to dinner in Hawthorne. Yes, I’ve been out striper fishing. I put 100 miles on my JetSki on the Chesapeake Saturday. Just got back from Calgary, again… Some beautiful country up there about an hour west in Banff. The both of you wonderful people are on my list of friends to visit😃. Always enjoy your adventures!

[@CalNeva]

@@Cojiii1959 Ha, cool! Thank you, such a generous invitation! 100 miles on the jet ski and striper fishing; You have been working hard and playing hard...you sound like a Nevada miner. Sounds like a great summer, see you in Hawthorne my friend!

[@clydeneclinger5888]

Great adventure. Thank you….

[@CalNeva]

@@clydeneclinger5888 Welcome Clydene, thanks for stopping by!

[@1d1ane]

Very nicely done, and educational. Now prepping for first (maybe slight) snowfall @ 7k' el.

[@CalNeva]

@@1d1ane Hi Steve, thank you! I bet; the first storm is rolling in, but you have all the those new windows installed to keep everything warm and dry; excellent work you do!

[@CharlieA-q4y]

I love pine nuts. For several years my aunt who lived in Gabbs would send me a box of pine nuts that she harvested from the Paradise Range.

[@CalNeva]

@@CharlieA-q4y Charlie, your aunt in Gabbs must have been a sweetheart!

[@CharlieA-q4y]

@@CalNeva She was a country girl who was from Hays, Kansas. "Wild Bill" Hickok was the sheriff there in 1869!

[@CalNeva]

@@CharlieA-q4y For the most part I like the people from rural Kansas because they treat people who work hard with respect because they work hard too. The people make or break a place.

[@davec9244]

Yes it was fun thank you

[@CalNeva]

@@davec9244 It was fun that you stopped by to come along with us!

[@harryraymore5813]

We used to go over to the tyobis to fish Big Creek , pick Gooseberrys and currents and also get pine nuts in the upper canyon. I used to get really gummed up with pine pitch and before starting the drive back down the canyon I would clean my hands with Napa Hand Cleaner (REALLY WORKS Kelly) and just wipe the goop off and stickum was gone !! Good days and good times out in the hills of Nevada !! Harry in AK

[@CalNeva]

@@harryraymore5813 Hay Harry, Kellie says hello! Ha, some good times for sure. I can tell you have lived an active life with real experiences worth remembering. Nevada is way underated.

[@shawnmeyer2788]

I really enjoy your videos!😊

[@CalNeva]

@@shawnmeyer2788 Howdy my friend, glad you decided to stop by! 🤠🇺🇸

[@sueannhawkes]

Where I live on the coast we harvest red and purple huckleberries and wild blackberries. Freeze them for later use. Yum yum

[@CalNeva]

@@sueannhawkes I have had those Sueanna; the purple huckleberries and blackberries, very delicious!

[@steveblankenship5474]

Very nice informative video. piñon pine is also a flavoring in coffee which is popular in New Mexico. There is another item to harvest and I will give you an idea on this. Towards the end of the Main Street in Virginia City is a barbecue with great food. I asked them once what wood do they use to smoke their meats and they told me they use mountain mahogany which grows wild in Nevada.

[@CalNeva]

@@steveblankenship5474 Great idea on the mountain mahogany, thank you Steve for the info (It's true; I don't know everything)! Honored to have you as a subscriber, have a great one! 👋🤠

[@TimT-um6rt]

The Fall colors are looking real good! If I'm not mistaken I think a tribe has A pinon nut gathering Event somewhere just north of and down from Montgomery pass annually! Pricey nuts in the store!

[@CalNeva]

@@TimT-um6rt Hope you keeping dry Tim!

[@gonfishn]

Doug, how do you know all the proper plant and critter names?? Did you used to be a science teacher?

[@CalNeva]

@@gonfishn Hi! I just have had an interest in that pretty much my whole life, I used to be a landscaper and a farmer.

[@robmiller5593]

Chocolate cookies! Now I have to make some….

[@CalNeva]

@@robmiller5593 I just had one at breakfast 🍪! I tried to add our favorite pooch at the video end but it was compressed and not compatible with the formating.....darn, I was so disappointed as I am sure all his fans are also! 🐶

[@johncraig7823]

Have you seen the Comet? Plus the Northern Lights?

[@CalNeva]

@@johncraig7823 Hi John! The moon is very bright and some dust to the west. Can't see it from Hawthorne. Kellie is down in the desert near Tonopah and could not see it from a big viewing platform out there and gave up. Esmeralda county has some of the darkest skies in North America. Could you see it?

[@caseyhansen4567]

Havent finished the video yet.just wanted to say the hat is talking on a character of its own

[@CalNeva]

@@caseyhansen4567 Ha! Yes, it is a cowboy hat that the hatter in Twin Bridges, Montana cut the brim back on and the band is woven horse hair hand made by an Absarokie (Crow Indian from Montana). I wish I hadn't cut the brim back because I miss the shade to help keep me cool headed, reasonable, and civilized. 🤠🤪

[@jamesgregory3937]

When you sharing the indigenous way you keep speaking in the past tense. They are still there and using their traditional foods and medicine. Please be respectful on their land.

[@CalNeva]

@@jamesgregory3937 Yes James, always a good point, let us not forget respect is the key in all relationships which I have always maintained, in my case in the US Navy with the Old Coyote clan of Absarokie of Montana and a close friendship with a crew member from ultra remote indigenous area of New Mexico (we helped defend each other in an unprovoked bar brawl by an Anglo in Perth, Australia in 1986), the Bannock family of Idaho who invited me in 1999 to stay in their home working in Pocatello area during potato harvest, my interactions with the Tlingit, the Cow Creek band of Oregon, invited to a pow wow in Lane Deere Montana in a place of honor by the Northern Cheyenne tribe for their celebration of July 4th activities for US Veterans, the Mandan and tribes of 3 Bears Casino in North Dakota, the Chippewa Band band in Trenton, ND whose band I played music with, my female student advisor from the Blackfoot tribe while studying at the University of Montana Missoula, my family's generational financial support of a Lakota community in South Dakota, my high school friendship with a Washoe tribal member in Douglas County, Nevada, a working friendship with Paiute horse packers from Nevada at the North Lake packing Station of the California Sierra...and other lifetime personal associations, in fact, in many ways I feel closer to North America culturally then to say, for example England, Ireland, Spain, or Israel.