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Hello #foragingAustralia friends! I've long enjoyed eating Moreton Bay figs, but of course they have *so many seeds*. The seeds aren't disagreeable in taste, but they are dry and tough compared to domestic figs.
Has anyone any good experiences or references in grinding them and making a figgy bush bread?
I was wondering how one would remove the pulp to dry and separate the seeds, but walking under one of the trees reveals that no work is necessary. Moreton Bay figs are a food source for many birds and other animals, and they just leave the seeds after eating the pulp. All one really needs to do is pick them up.
I've collected a small basket of dried Moreton Bay fig seed/pulp masses. This didn't take very long at all, even with me being very selective to only grab the driest and cleanest ones.
I'm travelling at the moment, so I won't know if I'll have a chance to process these until I get back, but I imagine I'll want to lightly work them to loosen the seeds from the pulp, and then either winnow or float the mass to see if I can separate out the seeds.
Hello #foragingAustralia friends! I've long enjoyed eating Moreton Bay figs, but of course they have *so many seeds*. The seeds aren't disagreeable in taste, but they are dry and tough compared to domestic figs.
Has anyone any good experiences or references in grinding them and making a figgy bush bread?
Native plant gardeners of Ōtautahi Christchurch and Selwyn area! Can I please harvest harakeke seed pods from your garden? Looking for places that have a high number of large, established harakeke plants so I don't take too many from each plant. Or if you know of wild locations that people wouldn't mind my foraging in!
#foraging #Ōtautahi #ŌtautahiChristchurch #Canterbury #harakeke
Native plant gardeners of Ōtautahi Christchurch and Selwyn area! Can I please harvest harakeke seed pods from your garden? Looking for places that have a high number of large, established harakeke plants so I don't take too many from each plant. Or if you know of wild locations that people wouldn't mind my foraging in!
#foraging #Ōtautahi #ŌtautahiChristchurch #Canterbury #harakeke
I wonder if these are edible. #palm
Maybe the queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana). But, I don't know my palm trees. Need someone who knows palm foraging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syagrus_romanzoffiana #foraging #palmtree
Pawpaw news! Here you see the first harvest of a Pawpaw tree (North America’s largest native fruit) I planted almost a decade ago.
Sitting in the bowl, they were almost overpoweringly aromatic, and the scent was sweet. Processed, they yielded three cups of pulp and a lot of seeds. The pulp went into two loaves of sweetbread.
And that’s it for this year!
Stay tuned for my Ted Talk about why you should grow your own and not forage native plants.
Why should you not go out into the woods and gather your own bowl of Pawpaw fruit? Isn’t there plenty for everyone?
The chart illustrates. No, there is NOT enough for everyone. Humans have driven the non-human living word into very narrow margins. This is one of the many reasons humans are driving a planet-wide mass extinction event.
Please, don’t make #foraging a new way for humans to colonize and extract from a suffering planet. Maybe take a sample and no more. Grow more habitat instead.
This is your seasonal reminder that all acorns are edible. Many acorns require leaching. For instructions on how to leach acorns and recipe ideas, see the thread below.
#CostOfLiving #inflation #tariffs #politics #uspol #gardening #garten #jardin #foraging #food #cooking #acorns #solarpunk#SolarpunkSunday#NativePlants
This is your seasonal reminder that all acorns are edible. Many acorns require leaching. For instructions on how to leach acorns and recipe ideas, see the thread below.
#CostOfLiving #inflation #tariffs #politics #uspol #gardening #garten #jardin #foraging #food #cooking #acorns #solarpunk#SolarpunkSunday#NativePlants
The purple-flowered raspberries (𝘙𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴) at Thompson Park are starting to fruit:
(This is a native species, tasty as it is lovely.)
#BloomScrolling#WildFlowers#WildBerries #flowers#BrambleBerries #berries #raspberries #foraging#Rosaceae
The purple-flowered raspberries (𝘙𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴) at Thompson Park are starting to fruit:
(This is a native species, tasty as it is lovely.)
#BloomScrolling#WildFlowers#WildBerries #flowers#BrambleBerries #berries #raspberries #foraging#Rosaceae
Did some vegan-friendly hunting for our breakfast this morning.
Unlike the chasseurs around here with their noisy dogs and guns and hi-vis vests, I stalked my prey in complete silence and, armed only with my bare hands, went up against an adversary that actually fought back.
In the early morning light I stealthily approached the #blackberry bushes. I stared down the tiny spiders on their dewy webs as I did my #foraging
My hands are stained and bleeding, but there shall be #pancakes
Did some vegan-friendly hunting for our breakfast this morning.
Unlike the chasseurs around here with their noisy dogs and guns and hi-vis vests, I stalked my prey in complete silence and, armed only with my bare hands, went up against an adversary that actually fought back.
In the early morning light I stealthily approached the #blackberry bushes. I stared down the tiny spiders on their dewy webs as I did my #foraging
My hands are stained and bleeding, but there shall be #pancakes
New server, new #introduction:
👋 Hi! I'm Eric! I'm a scientific programmer & educator who writes mostly 
code. I currently work part time at #UniversityOfArizona where I help researchers by making R packages, #Shiny apps, automated data workflows, and training them on #ReproducibleResearch practices. I also mentor data scientists for @Posit Academy. I am #OpenToWork as a contractor if any of those skills sound useful to you.
My background is in plant chemical ecology and population ecology and for my PhD I studied #tea and did field work in China. I love tea (although I've been drinking coffee more and more lately) and practice #GongFuCha when I can. I love #foraging and tasting new things.
I currently live in #Tucson but the #BayArea will always be my home.
#rstats #rse #datascience #dataviz #ecology #chemistry #statistics
New server, new #introduction:
👋 Hi! I'm Eric! I'm a scientific programmer & educator who writes mostly code. I currently work part time at #UniversityOfArizona where I help researchers by making R packages, #Shiny apps, automated data workflows, and training them on #ReproducibleResearch practices. I also mentor data scientists for @Posit Academy. I am #OpenToWork as a contractor if any of those skills sound useful to you.
My background is in plant chemical ecology and population ecology and for my PhD I studied #tea and did field work in China. I love tea (although I've been drinking coffee more and more lately) and practice #GongFuCha when I can. I love #foraging and tasting new things.
I currently live in #Tucson but the #BayArea will always be my home.
#rstats #rse #datascience #dataviz #ecology #chemistry #statistics
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