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[jalan]

Well, since joining this forum I’ve noticed that peeps like to buy/eat processed vegan foods… Doesn’t anyone know of the many superior, totally organic vegan greens that are available just outside your front door (metaphorically speaking, but mostly literal)??? Some are quite tasty, even raw, tho cooking and adding condiments improves the flavour…
It’s worthwhile to learn, as they’re FREE, unlike the high priced processed ‘lookalike’ vegan supermarket foods with meaty names… And foraging can be FUN…
What say you all???

 

[Emma JC]

foraging is cool and yet most of us don't have access to do so easily - and dandelions would be a good example yet many people with lawns likely have overspray from neighbour's pesticides and also regulations don't allow them to let the dandelions grow large enough to harvest

if/when I move back to a 'country' property then I will definitely forage and grow my own greens including dandelions and many other awesome easily grown foods - I have mentioned before that I watch Nature Lost Vault on youtube and they do amazing episodes on many of these foods

Emma JC
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[silva]

I follow Alexis Nikole Nelson, aka the Blackforager. She has a book coming out! https://www.instagram.com/blackforager/
I mostly catch her on FB.
Half my yard gets the neighbors overspray of weed killer. I hate it, and they also have already had lawn cleanup done with the blowers and mowers. It's still early April! .
I do have much fear of foraging, but have a library book on local plants waiting.

 

[jalan]

foraging is cool and yet most of us don't have access to do so easily - and dandelions would be a good example yet many people with lawns likely have overspray from neighbour's pesticides and also regulations don't allow them to let the dandelions grow large enough to harvest

if/when I move back to a 'country' property then I will definitely forage and grow my own greens including dandelions and many other awesome easily grown foods - I have mentioned before that I watch Nature Lost Vault on youtube and they do amazing episodes on many of these foods

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

I understand the poison factor and dog urine etc., but I live in a tourist spot and still find plenty of edible greens/fruit… Each to their own

 

[secondmayfly]

Well, since joining this forum I’ve noticed that peeps like to buy/eat processed vegan foods… Doesn’t anyone know of the many superior, totally organic vegan greens that are available just outside your front door (metaphorically speaking, but mostly literal)??? Some are quite tasty, even raw, tho cooking and adding condiments improves the flavour…
It’s worthwhile to learn, as they’re FREE, unlike the high priced processed ‘lookalike’ vegan supermarket foods with meaty names… And foraging can be FUN…
What say you all???

I love foraging but depending on where you are, your environment can be too contaminated to eat forage safely. When a soil is polluted by heavy metals, the plants growing on it will absorb those them. Also, like Emma said, spraying.

 

[KLS52]

My mom was a big forager...mostly dandelions and mushrooms. I can remember going for drives and her stopping the car on the side of the road to harvest dandelion greens.

In the summer we would spend weekends in upstate New York and she would harvest a ton of mushrooms from the wooded areas. I had fun growing up.

I don't do any of that now.

 

[Tom L.]

My mom was a big forager...mostly dandelions and mushrooms. I can remember going for drives and her stopping the car on the side of the road to harvest dandelion greens.

(your post only partially quoted) I don't think I have to worry about chemical spray blowing onto my property. But I don't eat anything growing right next to the road. People have to walk their dogs, and some of them let their cats roam around... People walking their dogs are supposed to pick up after their dogs- but what about the cats? And dogs also leave liquid waste. Eeewwww!

But I think mostly I'm concerned about lead in the soil, from the days before unleaded gasoline- especially from areas right next to the road. Maybe my whole yard was exposed to that over the years. Google time again...

ETA (with thanks to ScienceDirect.com): I'd be in a better situation if my yard was MUCH larger, as far as this issue goes. But growing edible things as far away from the road as I can does improve things significantly. I'll do some more looking around to see of some crops have less of a tendency to accumulate toxic metals :

Yes, soil near a road typically contains significantly more lead than soil farther away, often due to historic leaded gasoline emissions and ongoing accumulation from traffic. These higher concentrations are generally found within roughly 20-30 meters of the roadway and decrease with greater distance.

Key Findings on Roadside Soil Lead

• Distance Factor: Studies show that lead concentrations are highest near the road (within 1–4 meters) and decrease as distance increases.
• Highest Concentrations: Most significant contamination occurs within 33 meters (about 108 feet) of the road.