Groceries from the ditch.

Jeff · July 20, 2020, 09:31:27 AM

When you are out looking for road kill, don't forget about the ditch! That's how I topped off breakfast this morning.

samandothers · July 20, 2020, 09:47:45 AM

Nice addition to the oatmeal. They have been ripe in Va. for a bit though most are eaten by birds, bears and the like.

lxskllr · July 20, 2020, 10:21:02 AM

Beats possum for sure :^D

sawguy21 · July 20, 2020, 10:40:02 AM

We don't see a lot of them, probably too warm and dry, but they sure are plentiful at the coast. Make sure you inspect them before sticking in the mouth. :D

Jeff · July 20, 2020, 10:54:16 AM

Arachnid meat is a bonus eh?

sawguy21 · July 20, 2020, 10:57:59 AM

Added protein but some object to it.

WDH · July 20, 2020, 06:51:10 PM

Ours have chiggers all over them but the chiggers (we call them redbugs) are too small to see. So, don't worry about what you cannot see

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WV Sawmiller · July 20, 2020, 07:19:00 PM

Quote from: WDH on July 20, 2020, 06:51:10 PMOurs have chiggers all over them but the chiggers (we call them redbugs) are too small to see. So, don't worry about what you cannot see .

Said the man who kept having to step into the privacy of the back room to scratch his ..... every 5 minutes. :D

WDH · July 20, 2020, 09:07:16 PM

Yes, sometimes what you can't see can be very irritating.

mike_belben · July 20, 2020, 10:06:10 PM

Im probably eatin half a pound per day right now.

Weekend_Sawyer · July 21, 2020, 07:17:45 AM

A section of residential power lines run along my property. Along a stretch of the road about 100 yards long is a nice black berry patch. They were almost ripe when the power company mowed them down.
Aint that the way.

Walnut Beast · July 21, 2020, 07:21:18 AM

Should have told them to leave them til you picked them 😂

Don P · July 21, 2020, 08:12:35 AM

Quote from: mike_belben on July 20, 2020, 10:06:10 PM
Im probably eatin half a pound per day right now.

A half pound of chiggers and ticks is just the price one has to pay for a pound of berries. The wineberries are in right now too, sorbet time

Chuck White · July 21, 2020, 06:37:48 PM

The NYS DEC somehow got a bill through a few years ago making it illegal to pick and remove berries from State Owned Land.

It is legal to pick them and eat them on the property, but it's illegal to pick and remove them from the property!

I'd pretty-much bet that eventually they'll either make it illegal to hunt on state land, or charge a fee! >:(

Mooseherder · July 21, 2020, 08:21:51 PM

On the trail today.

Walnut Beast · July 21, 2020, 08:25:47 PM

You guys are lucky! Wish I could find stuff like that

mike_belben · July 21, 2020, 11:04:30 PM

Buy some and spit the seeds all over your property line then let it bush in. Theyll show up.

Brought 12oz to a friends BBQ today

mike_belben · July 21, 2020, 11:07:00 PM

Quote from: Don P on July 21, 2020, 08:12:35 AM
Quote from: mike_belben on July 20, 2020, 10:06:10 PM
Im probably eatin half a pound per day right now.
A half pound of chiggers and ticks is just the price one has to pay for a pound of berries. The wineberries are in right now too, sorbet time

Ive been covered in em for less!

Mooseherder · July 22, 2020, 09:25:05 AM

I may have to skip lunch today.

sawguy21 · July 22, 2020, 12:10:25 PM

Aw man, cut it out. :D

petefrom bearswamp · July 22, 2020, 06:04:40 PM

Not so Chuck White
Section 190.8 G of the state land use law.
You can forage for things for personal use but not commercial.

Chuck White · July 22, 2020, 10:02:22 PM

That's good to know, Pete!

Really though, last year my sister in-law was approached by a DEC guy (don't know his exact title) and she was made to actually DUMP her berrying pail or eat the berries in place!

A note referencing this section of the state land use law will be available to many friends in this area!

Thanks again Pete!