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General discussionA cyclone's about to hit, wish me luck!(68 posts)(68 posts)
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Posted February 26, 2015
What?, it already passed, damn I missed the fun!
Posted February 26, 2015
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tinyE: You have a redwood in your yard at a 45 degree angle?! I sure as hell hope there is nothing under it!
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micktiegs_8: well, if the cyclone can't topple it or even the branches on its ends I'm sure it will give plenty of warning before age decides to bring it to the ground.
Glad to hear you are ok. Don't worry about the trees. Nature can handle her own doings.
There are no cyclones where I live, but we are rather comfortable with the earthquakes. You should only worry if it is more than 7 richter like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNSrVRDggSY
Posted February 27, 2015
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Tarnicus: Apparently it is a good source of nutrition if one is willing to risk the preparation.
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Wishbone: Yes, they are apparently very good for soup. I assume the cooking takes the sting out of them.
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Tarnicus: There are far easier plants to obtain for survival purposes that are much less of a er prick. If one is that drawn to pricks, the stem of Scotch thistle can be eaten like celery when the stripped of its natural protective measures and is delicious :)
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Wishbone: Apparently Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria) is also edible, as well as possessing some weak medicinal properties, for which reasons it was introduced to northern Europe and England by medieval monks and the Romans, respectively. Since then it has spread to more or less every garden in fucking Europe, since it spreads like wildfire and is basically unkillable. Goddamn fucking annoying plant...
I hadn't heard of that one, even though I have seen it before. The variegated version looks beautiful, good enough to eat! Actually there are not too many plants that I can think of with variegated leaves that are edible. I'd highly recommend everyone learn the universal edibility test as it can be a lifesaver. Of note is that it doesn't work for fungi.

My favourite plant to forage, both taste and nutrition wise is probably clover(Trifolium sp.). It is a delicious legume chock full of protein :) My favourite easy to find medicinal plants that helped my former alcoholic liver heal is True dandelion, something that can be found in almost every yard and nature strip I have walked.

There's food everywhere if you know where to look :)
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mcleodone: Tought someone would write about the most cute plant there.
At our trip we learned from a scout: never touch the heartleafed plants, Dendrocnide moroides The saying was that someone who has fallen into the plant comitted suicide cause of the pain.
Ah and micktiegs glad that the threat is over - pictures of your trees?
I am fortunate to live in the south-eastern part of Australia and have yet to find that plant. As is the way of nature, it gives a sign as to its potential sting with the fine hairs on the side of it. There are a few indicators that I am wary of when I come across new plants, and that is one of them :) Thanks for pointing out that plant so I can keep an eye out for it if I ever wander up north.
Post edited February 27, 2015 by Tarnicus
Posted February 27, 2015
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Tarnicus: My favourite plant to forage, both taste and nutrition wise is probably clover(Trifolium sp.). It is a delicious legume chock full of protein :)
That reminds me of wood sorrel, a plant which looks very much like a clover, and has a piquant sour taste. It is toxic in large amounts though, due to its content of oxalic acid.
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Tarnicus: I have no idea! Perhaps they were wearing gloves? I remember reading a story about it on some ethnobotanical forums that I used to frequent many years ago. Apparently it is a good source of nutrition if one is willing to risk the preparation.
Of course, they may have (stupidly) mistaken them for white dead-nettles, which look somewhat similar to stinging nettles, but which do not sting. Those are also edible.
Post edited February 27, 2015 by Wishbone
Posted February 27, 2015
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Tarnicus: My favourite plant to forage, both taste and nutrition wise is probably clover(Trifolium sp.). It is a delicious legume chock full of protein :)
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Wishbone: That reminds me of wood sorrel, a plant which looks very much like a clover, and has a piquant sour taste. It is toxic in large amounts though, due to its content of oxalic acid.
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Ah Oxalis is the name I know it by, and the roots are edible :) Spinach and broccoli are two other foods that are high in oxalic acid and yet also contain plentiful nutrition. I haven't tried Oxalis sp. myself as I damaged my kidneys a few years ago and am not a fan our sour flavours. I'll have to try it now that they have healed a bit :)

When I used Facebook (stopped June last year) a friend I lived with for a year was an avid gardener and trained herbalist, and he started a foraging for food and medicine network for eastern Australia. After living with him, I cannot walk past a garden now without trying to identify every medicinal and edible plant within, and I have tried many.

I have always wanted to put that knowledge to the test and see if I could sustain myself on what I can forage. Given that I am a vegetarian(until civilisation ends) I would not be testing out grubs and insects, but that is on the list some day! Spicy grasshopper sounds tasty, although I would fry mine up with cumin, coriander, turmeric and chilli! lol

Edit: oops in my tired state, I misread your comment about wood sorrel as being inedible, and repeated what you had already said :)
Post edited February 27, 2015 by Tarnicus
Posted February 27, 2015
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Tarnicus: I hadn't heard of that one, even though I have seen it before. The variegated version looks beautiful, good enough to eat! Actually there are not too many plants that I can think of with variegated leaves that are edible. I'd highly recommend everyone learn the universal edibility test as it can be a lifesaver. Of note is that it doesn't work for fungi.

My favourite plant to forage, both taste and nutrition wise is probably clover(Trifolium sp.). It is a delicious legume chock full of protein :) My favourite easy to find medicinal plants that helped my former alcoholic liver heal is True dandelion, something that can be found in almost every yard and nature strip I have walked.

There's food everywhere if you know where to look :)

I am fortunate to live in the south-eastern part of Australia and have yet to find that plant. As is the way of nature, it gives a sign as to its potential sting with the fine hairs on the side of it. There are a few indicators that I am wary of when I come across new plants, and that is one of them :) Thanks for pointing out that plant so I can keep an eye out for it if I ever wander up north.
We found them at touring around cairns - atherton tablelands (which had also quite impressive landscape and wildlife including the platypus btw)
Post edited February 27, 2015 by mcleodone
Posted February 28, 2015
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Tarnicus: There's food everywhere if you know where to look :)
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Posted February 28, 2015
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mcleodone: We found them at touring around cairns - atherton tablelands (which had also quite impressive landscape and wildlife including the platypus btw)
I haven't been up that way since the early 2000s, well before I started learning about natural medicines, foraging and survival skills. I've been meaning to pay Koa Windsong a visit up that way if I can find him. He is one of my main inspirations for learning how to source my own food.

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OneFiercePuppy: NSFW
That is brilliant and falls very much in line with my way of thinking :)
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