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BRB, making some #lilac soda (and shrub).

https://youtube.com/shorts/_kUD6wgAcJ0

#UrbanForaging

Hey #Narrm #Melbourne folks. It's autumn, and a lot of yucca is starting to bloom.

What you might not know is that the flowers are edible, and honestly pretty good. You can eat them raw, but they are *much* better cooked.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UCt1q6kPcrs

#foraging #UrbanForaging #foragingAustralia

Today we found 4 nerf darts, one of which had seen some car tires and went into the proper trash, but we got 3 working ones.

I don't feel like calling this #urbanmining because that seems like an active thing which this is clearly not. #urbanforaging would feel right but seems to be focused on food only. Is there a decent term for it?

Janine couldn't find bay leaves at the store, but luckily I know there is a #BayLaurel tree growing in the baseball backstop of the school across the street.

#UrbanForaging

Of all the #RoseHips I've tried recently, this one I found today was the most delicious. Not much flesh around the ample seeds, but by far the sweetest. Weird how the taste is fruity, but also like pea pods.

#UrbanForaging

Of all the #RoseHips I've tried recently, this one I found today was the most delicious. Not much flesh around the ample seeds, but by far the sweetest. Weird how the taste is fruity, but also like pea pods.

#UrbanForaging

Of all the #RoseHips I've tried recently, this one I found today was the most delicious. Not much flesh around the ample seeds, but by far the sweetest. Weird how the taste is fruity, but also like pea pods.

#UrbanForaging

Of all the #RoseHips I've tried recently, this one I found today was the most delicious. Not much flesh around the ample seeds, but by far the sweetest. Weird how the taste is fruity, but also like pea pods.

#UrbanForaging

Of all the #RoseHips I've tried recently, this one I found today was the most delicious. Not much flesh around the ample seeds, but by far the sweetest. Weird how the taste is fruity, but also like pea pods.

#UrbanForaging

I do not understand why folks would plant #HorseChestnuts as #StreetTrees. If we are going to have spikey projectiles falling on people's heads, could we at least choose the non-poisonous variety?

#Chestnuts #UrbanForaging

Here's all the dried, retted #yucca bundled up on the left. On the right is the finished product from my last batch. Beautiful, strong, cream coloured fibres.

To get there now just requires a lot of manual working of the bundle, followed by lots of and lots brushing.

This isn't particularly hard, but it is time consuming, so it's best done with company, and definitely done outside (it produces lots of chaff).

If you've got a crafts fair, ren faire, or other outdoors event in #Narrm #Melbourne that's broadly aligned with my values and would benefit from a fibre processing demonstration, hit me up.

Otherwise I'll likely be cleaning and dressing these fibres the next time I'm camping or at a picnic with friends. ❤️

#fibre #fibreArt #NeolithicTech #solarpunk #foragingAustralia #urbanForaging

The weather is getting nice, and my family has started to complain about the smell, which means it's time to take my retting yucca leaves and hang them up on the line.

I'm trying a less-effort run with these. I've scraped a few bundles to remove the retted matter, but the rest I've hung as-is. I'm cautiously optimistic that they'll just brush out when they're dry.

You can see what the process looks like in full in this thread: https://cloudisland.nz/@pjf/113625891996716616

#fibre #FibreArts #NeolithicTech #retting #foraging #ForagingAustralia #UrbanForaging

One of the nice things about knowing how to #forage is that sometimes one's garden just gifts you exquisite bounties.

I had to clear the way to my work stump, which involved harvesting this absolutely perfect bunch of mustard greens that had self-seeded.

These are edible (but piquant) raw, but are much better steamed or stir-fried, much like you'd use other brassicas like broccoli or cabbage.

#foragingAustralia #UrbanForaging

Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food with Recipes

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony
When: June 3, 2025, 7:00-9:30 pm
Where: And/Ore, 1040 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1H7

Details and tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-cafs-social-book-launch-and-awards-ceremony-tickets-1278375047179?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food # #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#Queer #QueerFarming #QueerCulture #QueerFolk #TransFolk #CollectiveCare #FoodSecurity #Nurturing #Ecosystem #UrbanForaging #FoodProduction #RestaurantCulture

Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food with Recipes

An anthology of essays, comics, and recipes that reveals the dynamic and transformative relationship between queerness and food

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

https://foodstudies.info/news-conferences/upcoming-conference/

#CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#Queer #QueerFarming #QueerCulture #QueerFolk #TransFolk #CollectiveCare #FoodSecurity #Nurturing #Ecosystem #UrbanForaging #FoodProduction #RestaurantCulture

#JellyEar foraging.

They have a jelly texture, nice in chinese soups. I make jelly chocolate liqueurs from them.

Dehydrate until crisp, rehydrate in #Cointreau (other spirits are available), dip in melted chocolate, leave to dry. Savour every moment.

Or dip them in sugar for a grown up version of jelly tots!!

#funghi #jellyEarmushroom #MushroomMonday #mushroom #liqueur #foraging #wild_foraging #UrbanForaging #jellyTots

#ClimateDiary Anthropology students and my wonderful colleague Ricardo set up an #UrbanForaging club at #Goldsmiths. Today they did a stall with delicious #Elderflower champagne, Quince jelly, #Mahonia Jam, pickled wild garlic buds and #dandelion capers - all foraged in #London. Really wonderful, especially as it’s been a week of big setbacks for me with two #ClimateAction projects i’ve been trying at work. We will keep trying!
#Foraging #SurvivalSkills #Anthropology #RegenerativeAnthropology