Environmental Awareness While Foraging

[Mistwalker]

I like foraging for wild edibles. It is something I have done for a long time. I really like collecting wild onions and garlic to cook with. Not only the roots, but I also like crushing the dried seeds and adding them to various dishes for flavor and in soups as a broth thickener.

But remember other creatures look to the wild edibles for foraging too. Be mindful when you handle them, and be careful in how you transport them. It can be a good idea to not just go shoving them in your pockets. Yellow Sac spiders are pretty venomous and not afraid to attack creatures larger than they are.

 

[Gusbuster]

Nice pics Brian. :thumbup:

 

[Bigadam]

Nice pics Mist! That spider is tiny! But I bet he packs a mean bite!


Sent from the pay phone beside the Quickie mart!

 

[LostViking]

Like scorps, the little one are the ones you have to pay attention to,

 

[swonut]

Nice- I thought about my gardening escapades this weekend when I was out pulling some weeds from the flower bed and realized that I had grabbed a handfull of poison ivy and pulled it up by the roots. OOPS! I immediately stopped and washed my hand with some simple green and then Dr Bonner's Peppermint Soap (what we use on the dog) which happened to be near the garden hose.

I've always said, it's the bears that will scare you, but it's the bugs that will kill you.

 

[Odaon]

Good post! Definitely something to pay attention to! I like the macros of the spider.

 

[Mistwalker]

Nice pics Brian. :thumbup:

Thanks Gus

Nice pics Mist! That spider is tiny! But I bet he packs a mean bite!


Sent from the pay phone beside the Quickie mart!

Thanks Adam! Yeah pretty mean is how I take it too. However luckily, from what I've learned so far, their bite has more potential for pain than danger in most cases. As with most spider bites the initial bite is said to be relatively painless. Then comes the pain, itching, redness, and swelling. Everything I've read so far says that severe illness isn't common, and necrosis is rare.

Like scorps, the little one are the ones you have to pay attention to,

Dynamite comes in small packages.

Nice- I thought about my gardening escapades this weekend when I was out pulling some weeds from the flower bed and realized that I had grabbed a handfull of poison ivy and pulled it up by the roots. OOPS! I immediately stopped and washed my hand with some simple green and then Dr Bonner's Peppermint Soap (what we use on the dog) which happened to be near the garden hose.

I've always said, it's the bears that will scare you, but it's the bugs that will kill you.

The only way I know of to get rid of poison ivy is to pull or kill the roots. They can spread underground like grass roots.

Fleas took out a large chunk of the European population in the 14th century...

Good post! Definitely something to pay attention to! I like the macros of the spider.

Thanks Odaon, glad you liked it man, and I agree. I don't really have the right lens for that yet...but I'm getting there. Lenses can get to be an expensive addiction