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Urban foraging habitats. “We know where you live…” When you first start to research about where to forage in towns and cities, you will soon discover that habitat knowledge and identification acts as a springboard to your plant i/d. An understanding of our landscape, either natural or man-made, with its various bedrocks, soils, and climates, is an ancient and most profitable art. Knowing what terrain you are walking in, immediately refines the possibilities of what you can expect to find. In towns, this means knowing the little protected pockets, back alleys, streams, railway embankments, parks and cemeteries. Alongside this, we need an awareness of the micro-climatic effects of the concrete urban sprawl.
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: AaarghZombies
Foraging is not easy, even in the woods. The more seasons you have to deal with, the more difficult it can be, and the more important garbage gardens will be for you. Another reason to stay away from GMO.
Even in the heart of the city, there are little treasure troves, if you know where to look.
wildplantguides.com...
Urban foraging habitats. “We know where you live…” When you first start to research about where to forage in towns and cities, you will soon discover that habitat knowledge and identification acts as a springboard to your plant i/d. An understanding of our landscape, either natural or man-made, with its various bedrocks, soils, and climates, is an ancient and most profitable art. Knowing what terrain you are walking in, immediately refines the possibilities of what you can expect to find. In towns, this means knowing the little protected pockets, back alleys, streams, railway embankments, parks and cemeteries. Alongside this, we need an awareness of the micro-climatic effects of the concrete urban sprawl.
I have some green peppers and tomatoes growing right now. I got the seeds from a salad I made a little over a month ago.
www.mygardenlife.com...
originally posted by: EdisonintheFM
a reply to: JAGStorm
Huh. I'll look into that some more, that is interesting.
And I think it was in this thread that someone mentioned how we can survive in a forest, because the essentials are growing right in front of us and most of us are unaware.. I know I'm ignorant when it comes to survival.
But I'll do some surfing on the interweb and try to find more on the honeysuckle.
Thanks
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: AaarghZombies
Foraging is not easy, even in the woods. The more seasons you have to deal with, the more difficult it can be, and the more important garbage gardens will be for you. Another reason to stay away from GMO.
Even in the heart of the city, there are little treasure troves, if you know where to look.
wildplantguides.com...
Urban foraging habitats. “We know where you live…” When you first start to research about where to forage in towns and cities, you will soon discover that habitat knowledge and identification acts as a springboard to your plant i/d. An understanding of our landscape, either natural or man-made, with its various bedrocks, soils, and climates, is an ancient and most profitable art. Knowing what terrain you are walking in, immediately refines the possibilities of what you can expect to find. In towns, this means knowing the little protected pockets, back alleys, streams, railway embankments, parks and cemeteries. Alongside this, we need an awareness of the micro-climatic effects of the concrete urban sprawl.
I have some green peppers and tomatoes growing right now. I got the seeds from a salad I made a little over a month ago.
www.mygardenlife.com...
But you're still talking about snack food. Can you get 2000 calories a day without hunting?
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
originally posted by: MichiganSwampBuck
When I was weeding the garden, there are dandelions, lamb's quarter, wood sorrel, field mint and purslane I left to for salad greens. That's just from the weeds in my garden. Other wild edibles are the roots from cattails, most flower petals of any plants are edible, wild strawberries that just turned ripe, dew berries, thimble berries, raspberries and wild grapes will be along soon.
Which won't provide you with enough calories for a day. Let alone to live off of. You're talking about snack food.
I heard that people have eaten rats and pigeons, not me but the urban survivalists.