FUN IN THE FOREST

I admit it. I'm not a nature girl. When my husband drags me off hiking our conversation goes something like this.
Me: Are we there yet?
Gerhardt: Ten more minutes.
Me: Are we there yet?
Gerhardt: Ten more minutes.
Yes, I am a whiner. But I can have fun in the woods when we're with friends and we're looking for goodies. Which is just what we did last time we were out. My friend Rick is an herbalist and he introduced me to all kinds of cool secrets of the woods. Like plantain. (Something I always...