1. Deer
2. Muscadines
3. Blackberrys
1. Deer
2. Muscadines
3. Blackberrys
Swamp Cabbage, palmetto shoots, Koontie
Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth.
Plants: manzanita berry cider, black chanterelle mushrooms,
Animals: rockfish and abalone
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Still Surviving, after all these years...
Have a super one...
larryb
http://larrybass.tripod.com/Surviving.html
Still Surviving, after all these years...
Have a super one...
larryb
http://larrybass.tripod.com/Surviving.html
Still Surviving, after all these years...
Have a super one...
larryb
http://larrybass.tripod.com/Surviving.html
Still Surviving, after all these years...
Have a super one...
larryb
http://larrybass.tripod.com/Surviving.html
Still Surviving, after all these years...
Have a super one...
larryb
http://larrybass.tripod.com/Surviving.html
Still Surviving, after all these years...
Have a super one...
larryb
http://larrybass.tripod.com/Surviving.html
Still Surviving, after all these years...
Have a super one...
larryb
http://larrybass.tripod.com/Surviving.html
Still Surviving, after all these years...
Glad to see a post from a fellow Oregonian. I'm guessing by your name that you live in Tangent. I live in Portland. I love wild berries too. It's awesome when you unexpectedly discover them on a hike.
I like to fry up some cattial root in butter.
Well, around here (today is the first freeze of this year) we have sorrel, sow thistle and wild mustard. All are excellent in salad, and sorrel makes a great walking around snack. The stems are actually more lemony than the leaves. Sow thistle and wild mustard are great adds to any kind of stew.
Now that the freeze has come, Jerusalem artichokes (found some not far away) and Maximillian sunflowers both have nice tubers just waiting to be harvested. They say they taste like potatoes, but they don't really. They are good to eat, however, and have lots of carbs.
Before the freeze, they aren't as good for you, as there is a temperature-driven chemical change in the tubers. Now that it's frozen, we'll mark the spots before the leaves all fall off and the plants get very hard to locate. Gayflower is dying back, too, and it makes a root that's good to eat.
All those plants are googleable, and all are common to many parts of North America. Botanical.com is a pretty good place to look for plants and their uses, but they're short on photos. Sketches don't really do the trick if you're foraging. Too many lookalikes, some of which are not food.
I utterly agree, however, that a fellow could starve to death with a belly full of salad. Calories and carbs from roots and leaves are fine, but we also need some fats and proteins to survive for long. Watch your step, squirrels, I got my eye on you...
Saepe veritas est dura.
(Often the truth is harsh.)
For tea, we have a bazillion different flowers and leaves, but yaupon grows everywhere here. The leaves, when dried (low oven until they turn browish is just right) and ground up, have a flavor similar to coffee, and just about as much caffeine. The berries (keep a handful dry in your first aid kit) make a good emetic. I can't prescribe how many is the right dose, though. Never fear, if you take to many, they'll come up with the rest.
Since I have about 200 yaupon on my property, I may consider just stopping buying coffee altogether, and just process yaupon. I carry some in my emergency bag, too, because you never know when you might need to stay awake at night....
ww w.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ILVO
BEWARE: By the way, there are two sort of lookalike plants, Possum Haw, and Chinese Privet, both have similarly shaped leaves, both have red berries, and both are said to be very toxic. Never tried them, I just took the man's word for that.
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Saepe veritas est dura.
(Often the truth is harsh.)
Originally Posted by M.Demetrius
Ken is not going to be very happy over this. No, sir. Not one little bit.
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speaking of blackberries.
just got back from picking them.
they are pretty big this year.
gonna make black berry pie for the mister tonite.
use to years ago i would make blackberry juice.
blackberry syrup but hubby does not care for the blackberry syrup so much.
blackberry fruit leather.
u can also use the blackberry leaves for tea.i think its a cure for diarreah.
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1) Pine Needle Tea
I use this stuff instead of coffee all the time. Once or twice a week I fill a cargo pocket full of the greenest needles I can find from a few young pine trees and then cut them up into an herb cube tray, chunk the nasty black end pieces, add water until it just covers them, and stick the tray in the freezer.
When I get up in the morning I throw a cube in the coffee cup and add almost boiling water before I get dressed. Then before I walk out if the door I pour it through a strainer into a thermos with some sugar at the bottom, and shake it up while I'm walking to the truck.
I'm seriously addicted. And I have no sinus issues at all. Ever. I had horrible summer colds that turned into bronchitis at least every other year before I made this stuff a part of my regular diet. It's amazing. Just don't boil the needles or it comes out turpentine tea instead of pine needle tea. Coffee pot water works perfect.
2) Muscadines. I am a horrible terrible pig when it comes to muscadines. I can eat a gallon pail all by myself.
3) Wild blueberries. I cannot control myself around these either. If I happen find them, I start popping them in my mouth and never ever ever ever stop until I'm about to explode from the inside out.
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