Anyone interested in foraging?

in the late 70's and there after, God taught my husband and myself how to survive off of His Creation,
for about (7)yrs., without any worldly 'help'...
and so, we both were taught through our Faith that we were given, just what we could forage and survive on
by His Holy instructions -
it was by far, a momentous experience, not to be equaled, until He brought us to the next level
of wisdom and understanding, etc.

What is this foraging about?

For a second there, I thought I was an insect..............

Foraging is hunting for wild and edible plants and mushrooms.

OK...but unless you were stranded in the middle of nowhere, why would anyone do that?

And how does anyone out in the wild know what is edible? Not to mention all the mosquitoes and wild animals one would encounter.

Hunting in the supermarket seems safer to me, and oh boy its really stressful in there, so how much worst would foraging be?

What did you survive on?

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the BIG picture was, that God was teaching us how to HEAR HIM!!!,
and the way He did this was to tell us what we could EAT or not EAT!!!
we learned the art of survival through obeying Him:
we ate many wild mushrooms-berries-greens-fish-turtle-clams, etc. -
but, the true 'lesson' for us was learning HOW to LISTEN to our Lord's Voice',
for there are many 'harmful-poisonous species out there, and so, what our
Lord had us do when we were foraging, was to put our 'hands upon the plants, etc,
and ASK HIM, can we partake??? - and the answer would always be, a 'yes or a no'.
and thus He taught us both what it means to be obedient and to truly HEAR His Voice...
a very good seven year lesson...

That’s true not everyone lives in a area that can. Such as cities built in deserts ( though it’s there it’s far less ) or they live in an area that’s predominantly all pavement and concrete. A city surrounded by lots of commercialized town’s throughout its county. But in most places there is somewhere just takes time to learn it and what available.

That’s one reason I collect seeds locally. It keeps the genetic diversity alive and strong. Most yards now days are just grass and a few exotic plants from another country in places like USA. I try to help show people how
They can cut back with grass that is useless and have a native plant wildflower garden. Thousands of insects like butterflies and moths depend on specific plants for their caterpillars. Like many know of monarch butterflies and milkweeds. Without milkweeds, the butterflies won’t lay eggs because that’s what their caterpillars need to eat. But there are thousands of other examples like the zebra swallowtail needs pawpaws to eat their leaves. The spicebush butterfly needs sweetbay magnolias and spice bushes for theirs. Even many mushrooms are dependent on specific trees. Like lions mane mushrooms grow on oaks. Oyster mushrooms grow on oaks and sweet gums.

So I help people focus on landscaping with these native plants. They can have several edible native species in their yards surrounded with native wildflowers and trees. It creates a mini sanctuary not only for them but also for local animals.

Also by removing exotic plants we help keep exotic diseases out. America use to be full of millions of 150+ feet tall American chestnuts that were 300+ years old. Along with them was millions of ozark chinquapins which is a type of chestnut tree as well. In the late 1800s the americas was full of these giant beautiful trees along the south eastern and eastern coast. Someone brought a chinese chestnut to America in New Jersey. That tree had a diseased called chestnut blight. Within 100 years the chestnuts and chinquapins almost went extinct and went down to under 1% of their previous numbers. Now in another 100 years oak will almost be extinct as well because someone brought over an oak with the disease called sudden oak death and it’s spreading throughout USA

Even if all you have is a porch or patio you can help by growing native plants in pots.

That’s true not everyone lives in a area that can. Such as cities built in deserts ( though it’s there it’s far less ) or they live in an area that’s predominantly all pavement and concrete. A city surrounded by lots of commercialized town’s throughout its county. But in most places there is somewhere just takes time to learn it and what available.

That’s one reason I collect seeds locally. It keeps the genetic diversity alive and strong. Most yards now days are just grass and a few exotic plants from another country in places like USA. I try to help show people how
They can cut back with grass that is useless and have a native plant wildflower garden. Thousands of insects like butterflies and moths depend on specific plants for their caterpillars. Like many know of monarch butterflies and milkweeds. Without milkweeds, the butterflies won’t lay eggs because that’s what their caterpillars need to eat. But there are thousands of other examples like the zebra swallowtail needs pawpaws to eat their leaves. The spicebush butterfly needs sweetbay magnolias and spice bushes for theirs. Even many mushrooms are dependent on specific trees. Like lions mane mushrooms grow on oaks. Oyster mushrooms grow on oaks and sweet gums.

So I help people focus on landscaping with these native plants. They can have several edible native species in their yards surrounded with native wildflowers and trees. It creates a mini sanctuary not only for them but also for local animals.

Also by removing exotic plants we help keep exotic diseases out. America use to be full of millions of 150+ feet tall American chestnuts that were 300+ years old. Along with them was millions of ozark chinquapins which is a type of chestnut tree as well. In the late 1800s the americas was full of these giant beautiful trees along the south eastern and eastern coast. Someone brought a chinese chestnut to America in New Jersey. That tree had a diseased called chestnut blight. Within 100 years the chestnuts and chinquapins almost went extinct and went down to under 1% of their previous numbers. Now in another 100 years oak will almost be extinct as well because someone brought over an oak with the disease called sudden oak death and it’s spreading throughout USA

Even if all you have is a porch or patio you can help by growing native plants in pots.

Do you do this for a living? What is your job title?

Do you do this for a living? What is your job title?

Sounds a bit fun. I do other stuff like herbs, composting, water garden and lawn care. Quite a few mushrooms erected up.

Sustainable agriculture does make a lot of sense. I hear about crop diversity on farms covering a range of nutrients and organic matter. Soil and water basics.

I suppose one could get carried away if they have a druggie-type personality with that. Nature could have its inhabitants deceived and such.