Kelly and Gabe reflect on the first six segments of their Plant-a-go on the Colorado Trail

Episode #42 features a conversation between Kelly Moody (podcast host) and Gabe Crawford, previous podcast guest. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss our observations on the first six segments or first 100 miles or so of our Colorado Trail Plant—a-go walk. We talk about the nature and spectrum of small to extreme disturbances on the land We look at how disturbance can be a good thing in some situations and bad in others We talk about some of our favorite areas and some of the plants and animals we noticed We talk about our intent to walk slower and observe the land more intimately We talk about the zen of Beaver, and what we thought about when encountering extreme disturbances on the land by Beavers we speak to walking within the context of colonialization we talk about our culture shock in tourist towns Support the podcast on Patreon to contribute to our grassroots self-funding of this project.  Support the Ground Shots Project with a one time donation via Paypal at: paypal.me/petitfawn   Our website with backlog of episodes, plant profiles, travelogue and more: http://www.ofsedgeandsalt.com  Our Instagram page @goldenberries Join the Ground Shots Podcast Facebook Group to discuss the episodes Subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the Ground Shots Project Theme music: 'Sweat and Splinters' by Mother Marrow Additional music: ‘We’re Gonna Make It’ by Dunkin Hardee, recorded on the Colorado Trail Hosted by: Kelly Moody Produced by: Kelly Moody and Opia Creative we speak more on re-thinking ‘a war’ on certain plants and how plants respond to the circumstances at hand we reflect on how putting lines on the land like ‘wilderness boundaries’ can affect ecology we talk about questioning concepts of ‘pristine wilderness’