About Melanie

  Melanie was born in the Cotswolds in England. She finally settled age 30, in Brooklyn, New York. Her home for 24 years was  but after the onset of Covid she decided to move out of the city and into the beauty, freedom and wilderness of the 6 million acre Adirondack State Park in Northern New York State. She now lives off grid, has her own 600ft drilled well, solar power & lithium batteries for electricity and a propane powered back up generator for wintery days. Heating is wonderfully provided by a wood burning stove. There are all the amenities of a normal home without being tied to the grid.

 At home at Thunderhawk there are also 2 crazy dogs, a remuda horse and a bunch of chickens, ducks and pheasants. With her eyes and heart firmly focused on trying to live as cleanly and chemical free as possible, cows look to be added soon.

  "Life off the grid  is hard work but I wouldn't change it for the world, living in the mountains in nature is where I belong" 

When Melanie is out in nature, she looks at her surroundings and sees their abundance.

Melanie strongly believes that wild nutrition should be promoted to both young and old as a real source of mainstream healthy food.

 Her passion leads her to spend as much time teaching in person or online through her social media all that she knows about foraging, cooking and identifying wild foods. She and Brian love to reach out and share their  knowledge.