PEP Foraging - Straw Badge

Please post approval requests here for the Straw badge in the Foraging aspect.

Hello, I've accrued 36 points:

New items from the sand fresh list (1/2 point each):
1) 2 pounds of chokecherries
2) 2 pounds of mulberries
3) 2 pounds of small cherries
4) 20 pounds of apples
5) 20 pounds of plums

New items from the sand dry list (1/2 point each):
1) Harvest, dry, and store 20 pounds of apples
2) Harvest, dry, and store 20 pounds of plums

New items from the sand tea list (1/2 point each):
1) Make a cup of nettle tea
2) Make a cup of rosehip tea
3) Make a cup of raspberry leaf tea
4) Make a cup of pine needle tea
5) Make a cup of fir tip tea
6) Make a cup of kinnikinnick tea
7) Make a cup of clover tea
8) Make a cup of dandelion tea

New items from the sand dish list (1/2 point each):
1) Prepare a Dish of watercress


20 pounds of seed balls/bombs - 4 points


Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants - 2 points
Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants - 2 points
Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants - 2 points
Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants - 2 points
Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants - 2 points
Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants - 2 points
Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants - 2 points
Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants - 2 points


Guerilla plant 500 woody perennial food seeds or cuttings (not seed bombs) - 8 points

I have accrued the 35 point needed for the straw badge in foraging! (Though, at the time of this writing, my sand badge request hasn't been granted, so don't do this before that!)

Eliding the parts of the list that don't apply to me:

35 points required
New items from the sand tea list - ½ point each
20 pounds of seed balls/bombs - 4 points
 - Unlimited duplication with different species each time
Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants - 2 points
 - Unlimited duplication with different species each time
Guerilla plant 500 woody perennial food seeds or cuttings (not seed bombs) - 8 points

1 point - two teas: 1; 2 (And just to be explicit, this doesn't include the tea I did for the Sand Badge: rose hips).

8 points - two batches of seedballs: 1; 2.

18 points - 9 batches of saved seeds: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9.

8 points - guerilla planting: Guerilla plant 500 woody perennial food seeds or cuttings (not seed bombs) - 8 points

Dear Permies Staff team,
May I present to you the 35 points required for the Straw Badge in Foraging?

1 point from extras on the 'prepare a dish' list from the sand badge:
Prepare A Dish Burdock
Make A Dish Purslane

1.5 point from the extras on the dry list from the sand badge:
Dry List Rose Hips
Dry List Wild Mint
Dry List Nettles

2 points from extra fresh harvesting from the sand badge:
Fresh Elderberries
Fresh Bush Cherries
Fresh Highbush Cranberries
Fresh Service Berries

2.5 points from extra teas from the sand badge:
Rose Tea
Pine Needle Tea
Birch Tea
Linden Flower tea
Sumac Tea

Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants --2 points

And a second round: Save seeds for 6 species of wild plants --2 more points

Catch, butcher, preserve 5 lbs of fish --4 points

Catch, butcher, and preserve one large mammal-an elk --8 points

Catch, butcher, and preserve 5 wild game birds --4 points

Guerilla Plant 500 Woody Perennials --8 points

Thank you so much for looking over these BBs and for your time/talents/love!