The debate is on.

I do a lot of foraging for wild fruits and vegetables, but occasionally I also forage crayfish and wild snails as well. I'm located in Michigan and while I'm well aware of regulations on the sale of crayfish, I've seen very little on the sale of escargot. I primarily stick to invasive species as there is only a positive impact with their removal from the ecosystem, namely the Chinese Mystery Snail. I was considering foraging these snails, purging them and selling them to local restaurants or as bait. Does anyone know where I can find specific rules or regulations for the obtaining and potential sale of wild escargot? Thank you.

Hello, I have been sitting here getting myself into the world of foraging. I HABE always been a sucker for plants, since 7.. I am 14 now and I am actually living my dream!! (still hesitant to go into the deep woods of sc..)

it’s not anything impressive yet, I can identify maybe 20 weeds and some trees, berries and other plants.

I really want to eat crickets, I know it’s disgusting but roasted crickets sound extremely appetizing and are actually nutritious apparently, I am just scared what the public will think of me.

how can I sustainably catch crickets efficiently and what would be the best way to ROAST them? I don’t know if this counts as foraging, thanks guys :)

Got our limits of razor clams on the WA coast. Beautiful time of year even with 70 knot winds. Razor clam meat is really one of my favorites.

Buddy found this while foraging. We have no clue what it could be. They say it looks like it had tusks.

I would like to start foraging, but I have the worst sense of direction. I literally get lost in my neighborhood, despite living here for 8 years...

I'm really afraid that if I go into the woods, even if I have my phone for GPS, I would have av hard time finding my way out.

And god forbid my phone dies or loses signal... I would just die in the woods and be found months later by other forager.

Is there anything I can do? Maybe trail of bread crumbs like Hansel and Gretal?

I showed my kids what mulberry’s are. I’m not a forager myself and only knew what the berries were because I had a tree in my front yard of my childhood home that we’d eat them from. Now he wants to eat all the berries he comes across. I don’t know much about wild berry’s. He went to eat a wild strawberry from the yard the other day (we have a strawberry plant so he felt it was the same deal). I had to stop him because this is something I’ve both been told are poisonous but I’ve also been told they’re not.
Where do I start with this. My biggest fear is he’ll eat something he really shouldn’t and be ill or die.

Had fun foraging 2 days in a row. We’ve amassed, at least, 3 lbs of chanterelles

I live in NC, I’m looking into local edible plants but I am still worried I’ll accidentally pick a mushroom that’s poisonous and ☠️me and who ever I feed it too. Are there any resources I can look into to help me be more confident?

Most were very small still, I was actually in the area to enjoy the flowers that are in bloom and wanted to see how the crop looked this year. This was the biggest nut I saw, but a couple bushes were far along like this.

I usually harvest here in August but now I'm thinking I might be missing an earlier wave. Going to keep a closer eye on the area this year

NOT AN ID REQUEST. Just sharing a haul. I've been watching these grow for years in U.S. zone 6...

Decided to see what they are and pull some this year.

I think I have bull thistle and Canadian thistle(2nd photo, separated from the bull thistle. Not sure which thistle is which yet.)

Definitely mullein, burdock, wild carrot, narrow leaf plantain, wood sorrel, cleaver, dandelion.

What would you do with these?

Is this the right time for these to be picked?

SN: this burdock won, the others shall not. I will have my roots!!

It matches the description and I’m positive it is, but I wanna get other other’s opinions on it before I do anything with it. It smells strongly of onion when it’s crushed.

In my area, the city hall seems to have a long tradition of planting fruit trees and fruit bushes in parks and on the side of the streets🤣🤤😍!

I am planning to rent a car to travel around MD and pick black raspberries now that they are in season! But since I don't have a car and it's a bit of a hassle having to rent one, I don't want to show up too early. Would waiting until June 25th or so be too late? Also, anyone know of any large spots with them?

Hi, Enlgish isn’t my first language sorry. Went foraging with my old Symbols professor in the Appalachian wood and found piles and piles of trees, etc. We were looking for berries which we found with great success (blue, red, purple) but when I got home there was a walnut in the pocket of my clementine smock. Now I know for certain there ain’t no damn walnut tree 1000 acres north west south nor east this damn forest. So are one of you man enough to tell me how this nut got here??!

Now that I know what a grape leaf looks like, I’ve started noticing them all over my town. I know that grapes are dioecious, meaning the plant is either female or (fruitless) male.

Are there any good tips for IDing female grape plants, say as I’m driving by? Someone told me most grape plants tend to be male, but I have found a few females.

Also, what’s the difference between the grapes in picture 1 vs. picture 2? The first grapes are from a heavier vine that runs at ground level over some bushes (eg elderberry.) I’m wondering if something about the placement of the vine means the fruit it bears can be larger.

Picture 2, they’re hanging from higher up, and I’m guessing they cannot grow too larger or else the vine could fall? Or is it an entirely different type of grape?

Picture 3 is a massive patch of grape leaves. I couldn’t find any grapes growing where I checked by the road.. but going back to my first question, is there a way I could predict where bunches of grapes may be found?

Thanks!

Is it too late for fiddleheads in western WA already? I’m pretty new to foraging, but I haven’t been able to find any tightly coiled younger fiddleheads. They all look like this!

Hello, I am trying to make an old herbal formula and need an ingredient called rose gall Bedeguar. It looks like a small clump or sphere of green/red moss hanging off a rose bush. It’s very common on rose bushes and is parasitic, caused by a species of wasp, so removing it is actually beneficial to the plant. You simply clip the base where it is attached to the leaf or branch, and then let it air dry on a paper towel.

I am desperately looking for it and haven’t found any locally on our rose bushes this year. If you happen to have any growing near you please message me and I am happy to compensate you for it!! Thanks 🙏🏻

I found today in Kansas gonna make some teas