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Foraging walk 7/24/21

Hard to tell from photo. Could be Smooth Sumac...

Smooth:
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Stag:
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enbloc said:
Also the leaf layout. Still hard to tell though. Stag is tightly packed together and tasty if you harvest when it hasn't been rainy. Rhus Juice
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Yeah I was hoping it as stag but apparently these can still be harvested and eaten.

The same spot has a whole ton of grapes around too. I’m going to harvesting those suckers as soon as they’re ripe.
 
Michael J. Spangler said:
Yeah I was hoping it as stag but apparently these can still be harvested and eaten.

The same spot has a whole ton of grapes around too. I’m going to harvesting those suckers as soon as they’re ripe.
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Yep. Smooth Sumac is tasty too. High in vitamin C, anti-inflammatory. Sailors liked it to prevent scurvy. Or, so I've read...
Berries only though, leaves are medicinal but dangerous.

This may help too:

Staghorn Sumac has leaves that have a hairy leaf stem and rachis, the stem that the leaflets are attached to. Smooth Sumac has none of the hair on the leaves.
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Smooth sumac has edible berries and poisonous but medicinal leaves
 
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Michael J. Spangler said:
The same spot has a whole ton of grapes around too. I’m going to harvesting those suckers as soon as they’re ripe.
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Taste a few first. There are many wild grapes that are just unpalatable.
If they taste good, try to collect bunches from the same vine, or other vines you've verified.
I never harvest more than 1/3 of the grapes from a vine or area. (or any wild edible for that matter) and prefer to keep my impact low.
Keeps the wildlife well fed and ensures future plants...

Also watch for Autumn Olive. Berries are just about ready.

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Tart Black cherries too...

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enbloc said:
Taste a few first. There are many wild grapes that are just unpalatable.
If they taste good, try to collect bunches from the same vine, or other vines you've verified.
I never harvest more than 1/3 of the grapes from a vine or area. (or any wild edible for that matter) and prefer to keep my impact low.
Keeps the wildlife well fed and ensures future plants...

Also watch for Autumn Olive. Berries are just about ready.

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Tart Black cherries too...

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Ooo I love me some autumn olive berries. We had a sweet spot on my street that yielded about 3 gallons in a couple hours picking.
Well the property owner cut them down

Ahh well there’s a ton around here so I’ll hit some new spots. Cannot wait!
 
it has been a great year for mushrooms...

stirred with ginger salt, it did taste like chicken...

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heron163 said:
it has been a great year for mushrooms...

stirred with ginger salt, it did taste like chicken...

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The freshest ones literally drip yellow/orange juice. I would love to extract some of it for medicinal purposes one of these days. I think I collected about 15 wet lbs of chicken this year all vacuum packed and frozen.

I’d love to do a little walk on my plot @mousegunguy and with some of you guys. It’s only 25 acres but shares a border with 214 acres of DCR watershed so all in all I have 240 acres at my disposal. The autumn fungi season is gonna be epic.
 
djbradles said:
The freshest ones literally drip yellow/orange juice. I would love to extract some of it for medicinal purposes one of these days. I think I collected about 15 wet lbs of chicken this year all vacuum packed and frozen.

I’d love to do a little walk on my plot @mousegunguy and with some of you guys. It’s only 25 acres but shares a border with 214 acres of DCR watershed so all in all I have 240 acres at my disposal. The autumn fungi season is gonna be epic.
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I love doing foraging walks!!
PM me and we can set something up.
 
djbradles said:
The freshest ones literally drip yellow/orange juice. I would love to extract some of it for medicinal purposes one of these days. I think I collected about 15 wet lbs of chicken this year all vacuum packed and frozen.

I’d love to do a little walk on my plot @mousegunguy and with some of you guys. It’s only 25 acres but shares a border with 214 acres of DCR watershed so all in all I have 240 acres at my disposal. The autumn fungi season is gonna be epic.
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what medicinal purpose(s) for the hen of the woods?

I have found some giant ones... those and morels are the only ones I trust my limited identification skills to gather... I found a patch of morels that is very reliable... although my morel compass is weak...

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djbradles said:
The freshest ones literally drip yellow/orange juice. I would love to extract some of it for medicinal purposes one of these days. I think I collected about 15 wet lbs of chicken this year all vacuum packed and frozen.

I’d love to do a little walk on my plot @mousegunguy and with some of you guys. It’s only 25 acres but shares a border with 214 acres of DCR watershed so all in all I have 240 acres at my disposal. The autumn fungi season is gonna be epic.
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I would be down for a walk.
 

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