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Thriving The Future Podcast Ep. 49 – Foraging - So much Much Bounty, So Close to Home

Thriving The Future Podcast
Thriving The Future Podcast
Episode • Oct 9, 2022 • 14m

Foraging + 2022 Growing Season in Review

"The days grow shorter and the nights are getting long. Seems like we're running out of time." - Triumph.

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 grow 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

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