Mastodawn

Some selections to trickle out from my latest long walk. These are shaggy soldiers, Galinsoga quadriradiata. Apparently, aster family, native to Mexico and edible raw or cooked. However, these were in the ditch next to a busy road, so not this time. #nature #foraging #urbanforaging

Mike McCaffrey

1d ago

I didn't realize that when the #HoneyLocust in our backyard was knocked down in the ice storm, we were also losing access to a ton of free beans!

https://youtube.com/shorts/TpcGzMjVb4E

#UrbanForaging #BlackForager

FREE BEANS 🫘‼️ (Honey Locust!)

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Mike McCaffrey

Oct 22

I've been doing some #UrbanForaging recently, but I've had no plans of getting into #MushroomForaging due to the higher stress of getting poisoned, but now a tree down the block appears to have sprouted a Chicken of the Woods right at head height next to the sidewalk. Is that really what this is?

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Mike McCaffrey Oct 21

I told my boss that I just started picking Chinese crab apples from the trees in my neighborhood, and she said that is her favorite and she ate so many of those as a child when food was scarce in soviet Ukraine.

Here's hoping that my #UrbanForaging will remain a hobby, and not become a necessity due to the #ImpendingEconomicCollapse.

Mike McCaffrey

Oct 16

These crabapples I found a few blocks down are delicious! I've heard that crabapples are not good tasting, so I wonder if these are better because they are Chinese crabapples.

Not sure how to avoid eating the seeds though since they are so small, so I just tried not to chew too hard.

#UrbanForaging

Mike McCaffrey

Oct 14

I do not understand why folks would plant #HorseChestnuts as #StreetTrees. If we are going to have spikey projectiles falling on people's heads, could we at least choose the non-poisonous variety?

#Chestnuts #UrbanForaging

Mike McCaffrey Oct 7

My boss asked me "what new skills do you think web developers will need in two years", which gave me an opportunity to tell her about my recent efforts to learn urban foraging and how to identify edible plants in my neighborhood.

#WebDevelopment #UrbanForaging #ImpendingEconomicCollapse

AI6YR Ben Oct 5

Edible landscaping plant of the day. Arbutus Unedo (strawberry tree). #fruit #urbanforaging

Mike McCaffrey

Oct 1

I'm 99% sure these are edible Hawthorne berries, but in case I'm wrong, it has been nice knowing you all!

Update, the #KousaDogwood fruit are delicious! However, I understand why people don't commonly eat them, considering the sweet flesh is sandwiched between a bitter skin and hard inedible pit.

However, they are absolutely perfect for mashing up and making into shrub (drinking vinegar that you can mix into carbonated water as flavoring). In fact, I just created my most delicious batch of shrub since #INNAJam announced they were closing and I started to mix my own.

#UrbanForaging #DrinkingShrub

Mike McCaffrey

Oct 16

These crabapples I found a few blocks down are delicious! I've heard that crabapples are not good tasting, so I wonder if these are better because they are Chinese crabapples.

Not sure how to avoid eating the seeds though since they are so small, so I just tried not to chew too hard.

I wonder if the Chinese crabapples are high in pectin like native crabapples.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kjJTA6lHLsw