A wild appetizer I had the other day. If you don't have lemons nearby, but have oysters and ants, why not?

#Foraging #Seafood #Forestfood #Ants

#SilentSunday

Pink purslane, trailing blackberry, wild strawberry native plants, growing out of a fallen, moss covered logs. Behind the logs, there's lots of vanilla leaf, licorice & lady ferns, thimbleberry, huckleberry, salmonberry, Oregon grape, currants, Kinnikinnick & salal plants.
So much edible native plants in a small portion of a forest 💚

#Spring #perennials #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #flowers #botanical #plants #NativePlants #NativeWildflowers #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #EdiblePlants #ForestFood #BountifulForest #ForestPlants #biodiversity #ecosystems #ecological #ForestEnvironment #GetOutside

Tips for #foraging be gentle with nature, take only what you need, leave no footprints. And every year the mountains and forests will give you back these treasures 💚 #foraging #plantbased #forestfood #wildfood #vegan #vegetarian #Wildberries #more #learntoforage #nature #naturephotography #berries #greenlifestyle

Happiness is making jams from foraged fruit and berries, and flowers from the garden. 💚

#foraging #forestfood #wildfood #currants #plums #raspberries #blackberries #jam #marmellata #plantbased #vegan #vegetarian #mountainfood #inmontagna #appennino #lavander

Tips for #foraging be gentle with nature, take only what you need, leave no footprints. And every year the mountains and forests will give you back these treasures 💚

#forage #plantbased #wildfood #forestfood #vegan #Wildberries #berries #jam #homemade #greenlifestyle #italy #Apennines #mountains

#MapleSyrup update! This is what I collected this morning. That grey bucket is five gallons, for scale. I think it’s just over 2 gallons of actual #sap.

I’m told some folks toss out the ice, but when I eat it it tastes sweet to me, so I always just put it all in there.

Are you #tapping #trees this year?

#EatLocal #FoodForest #ForestFood #NativeFoods #WildFoods #MapleTapping #SugarMaple #SugarSeason

The toyon shrubs are bursting into bloom after a good many atmospheric rivers and mild weather and now some warm weather these past few days. I haven't noticed many bees around to partake of all this nectar though. I'm looking forward to loads of red berries around Winter solstice for the birds for cider and wine.
#nativeplants
#california
#wildflowers2023
#forestfood
#pollinators

#Found a small colony of #BlackElfinSaddle #fungi - #HelvellaDryophila 😊
Often found on forest floor but these were growing out of a bed of #moss on a dead log.
These #mushrooms are #edible when cooked. I don't eat them as I prefer other edible #WildMushrooms for cooking.
NEVER eat any wild foods that you're not 100% able to identify! Rule 1 of #WildFood foraging.

#mycology #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #Westcoast #ForestFood #nature #biodiversity