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Judy Evans @JudyEv (381760) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Oct

We have been travelling through the wheatbelt in Western Australia and we’ve been seeing a lot of quandong trees. I was surprised at the number we’re seeing but perhaps I’m only noticing them became they are all in fruit at the...

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Blackberry picking . . .ready for pies and crumbles

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 19 Aug

So, literally a 1 minute walk from the caravan site is about 150 metres of blackberry bushes. The weather has been so good recently that the bushes are heaving with fruits. I always go for a walk each day ....at least one usually...

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Well, I Believe it

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 10 Nov 22

They are predicting a huge cool down tomorrow and through next week. When I came home from trying to pick up Bob's prescriptions there were hundreds of birds on the ground. Foraging for seeds, etc. To me that was a sure sign of...

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What's The Longest Walk You've Ever Taken?

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 26 Aug 21

At the moment, I would say today because I'm so tired. It's only because it's so incredibly hot outside that it only feels like the longest walk. Actually, I took two of them today. I headed out at 9 a.m. to do my hill...

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What Are You Doing Today??

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 3 Oct 20

Just thought that I would ask because... we are getting ready to make cider!! It's a lot more work that we expected it to be. Yes, we did it last year as well!! All our apples are completely organic which means we are...

making apple cider

worms

foraging

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Free delicacies!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 23 Aug 17

Until I moved ‘down south’ I had never heard of Mirabelle plums, but since living in middle England I started to notice these trees with little yellow fruits in the hedgerows and eventually found out what they were. They are about...

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Foraging for rose apple

shaqziad1610 @shaqziad1610 (506) • Malaysia 4 Apr 17

There is this fruit tree growing in an unused plot in front of my house. It happened to bear fruits heavily. Kids often grab a bunch of them and nobody bother to told them off as long as they don't make a mess. I collected some...

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Foraging For Next Year!!

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 24 Dec 16

I just finished watching a video from a woman who likes to spend a lot of time outdoors and she is well compensated for it. I did find a watch a few days ago in the parking lot but I didn't keep it. It might have had sentimental...

found money

foraging

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One Thing Leads to Another

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 23 Oct 16

My photo is of roses I received once. You best cut off the thorns before handling them. In my last discussion a friend used the word "rambles". Thanks to @sallypup using that word, "rambles" I thought of "brambles", stickery...

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Muscley mushrooms!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 11 Oct 16

I’ve quite often seen various plants growing through paving, even trees if the place is left undisturbed long enough, but I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen mushrooms doing it. And this is on our new driveway! Still...

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Odd Things You Find....

Kyla Matton Osborne @Ruby3881 (1963) • Canada 16 Apr 16

... when you're looking for something else! I came upon this photo of a fungus called scarlet elf cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea) when I was looking for nasturtium photos for an article I want to write. I was attracted to it...

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It's Dandelion Season Again!

Kyla Matton Osborne @Ruby3881 (1963) • Canada 2 Apr 16

I'm not sure just when it is I really feel in love with dandelions. It may be when I ran through fields of yellow wildflowers as a child, or when I picked that first bouquet of dandelions to give to Mom. It may be when I had my...

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Snails

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 8 Jun 10

I'm sick of the snails eating my flowers so I've decided to take revenge! Helix aspersa or the common garden snail is edible and people tell me that they are very nice with garlic butter. I've made a Snail Gaol in the garden...

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I would love to pick and eat wild mushrooms but I am too scared!!

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 1 Jun 10

There are loads of wild mushrooms that grow wild across most parts of the UK, as I walk through woodlands etc I know that the biggest majority of the hundreds of different types of mushrooms that I see are edible, but I am just...

foraging

poison

wild mushrooms

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"Eat for Free" in a freebies newsletter. It's about a foraging guide list.

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 10 Mar 10

About.com 's Monthly foraging guide is out (reissued from the free calenars, actually) in the freebies newsletter. After you go to about.com, there is a search there and you can type in monthly foraging guide. It's only a guide....

cook correctly and consistantly

eat for free

foraging

freebie newsletters

get good foraging guides

learn more about the foods you forage first

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What would be your ideal job? The perfict job for you?

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 14 Jan 10

My perfict job would be one I saw a description of one time. These women owned 100 acres. They foraged for food. Whatever they found great amounts of, they picked a percentage of it and sold it to a restaurant. The restaurant...

eat wild

eat within 100 miles of where you live

farms

foraging

roadside stands

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How would you introduce someone to wild food if they never had any?

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 21 Jul 09

I usually start with wild berry picking. Then move onto whatever else the person might like. If the person likes greens, then lambsquarters, etc. If the person likes cooking with wine, dandelions. Mostly depends on what the person...

foraging

free food from the wild

gathering

wild edibles

wild food

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For those of you who like to read articles at Helium. com, what do you like to

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 29 May 08

read about? What topics are of interest to you? How often do you go there to read? I read the articles of other writers. I like to look at recipes, foraging, and recycled articles. But I have read some finance articles. So...

and financial

articles like to read

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Resources for Foragers and Gatherers.

ShardAerliss @ShardAerliss (1488) 15 Jan 08

Pretty simple; what resources do you use to indetify plants and good places to gather etc. When I'm out my first port of call is my pocket version of the famous Food for Free by Richard Mabey. A couple of fungi web...

foraging

free food

mushrooms

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Me & the Wolf (and Watercress Sandwiches)

zigzagbuddha @zigzagbuddha (4601) • United States 31 Dec 07

I used to walk from 3 to sometimes as much as 10 miles a day with my dog. But since he got hit by a car, long walks like that tend to bother his leg a little bit. Not only that, but he likes to chase trucks, well, not chase them...

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