So much bounty, so close to home.

In tough times and supply chain breakdowns, these foraging ideas can make the difference to augment your diet, generate some side hustle income, or help your homestead.

Foraging stories:

• Chestnuts: The local rural elementary school has two chestnut trees. In 2021, I foraged 3/4 of a 5 gallon bucket from those trees and had enough to put up several buckets of chestnuts in sand to sprout out for Spring, plus enough to share with several friends.
• Shagbark hickory
• Pears from a scraggly set of trees in a county park.
• Pawpaws - grow along many creeks in woody parts of Eastern and NE Kansas. They may not be as good as the Eastern US cultivars, but they still taste like a cross between vanilla and banana pudding.
• So much neglected fruit of the forest = so much opportunity for a forager, homesteader, or even a side hustle.
• Extend your homestead with cuttings from elderberry and mulberry.
• Plant apples from seed. You may like the new variety.

In this episode I also review the 2022 growing season. What worked and what didn't.

Episode website: https://thrivingthefuture.com/foraging