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Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants - foraging.straw.wildseeds PEP BB

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Mike Haasl
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Since you can do this BB repeatedly, I'm submitting the following new plants I saved seeds from:
Soft maple
Box elder
Wild grape
Sumac
White birch
Ponderosa pine
Soft-maple.jpg
Soft maple
Soft maple
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Soft maple seeds
Soft maple seeds
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Box elder
Box elder
Box-elder-seeds.jpg
Box elder seeds
Box elder seeds
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Staghorn sumac
Staghorn sumac
Sumac-seeds.jpg
Sumac seeds
Sumac seeds
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Wild grape
Wild grape
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Grape seeds separated from the grapes
Grape seeds separated from the grapes
More-than-1-2-teaspoon.jpg
More than 1/2 teaspoon
More than 1/2 teaspoon
White-birch.jpg
White birch
White birch
White-birch-seeds.jpg
White birch seeds
White birch seeds
Ponderosa-pine.jpg
Ponderosa pine
Ponderosa pine
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Ponderosa-pine-seeds.jpg
Ponderosa pine seeds
Ponderosa pine seeds

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Mike Haasl
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Let's do it again!!!

Dandelion
Plantain
American hazelnut
White pine
Hop Hornbeam
Tansy
Dandelion.jpg
Dandelion
Dandelion
Dandelion-seeds.jpg
Dandelion seeds
Dandelion seeds
Plantain.jpg
Plantain
Plantain
Plantain-seeds.jpg
Plantain seeds
Plantain seeds
Hazelnut.jpg
Hazelnut
Hazelnut
Hazelnut-seeds.jpg
Hazelnut seeds
Hazelnut seeds
White-pine.jpg
White pine
White pine
White-pine-seeds-(they-re-kinda-hard-to-get-out-without-getting-sap-all-over-your-hands).jpg
White pine seeds (they're kinda hard to get out without getting sap all over your hands)
White pine seeds (they're kinda hard to get out without getting sap all over your hands)
Hop-hornbeam.jpg
Hop hornbeam
Hop hornbeam
Hop-hornbeam-seeds-(seeds-in-palm-more-seeds-in-husks-on-fingers).jpg
Hop hornbeam seeds (seeds in palm, more seeds in husks on fingers)
Hop hornbeam seeds (seeds in palm, more seeds in husks on fingers)
Tansy.jpg
Tansy
Tansy
Tansy-seeds-(they-smell-good).jpg
Tansy seeds (they smell good)
Tansy seeds (they smell good)

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Heather Staas
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(argh  I forgot I couldn't switch memory cards in the middle..  starting this long post over again...  doh)

First I went to a large untended meadow to collect some plant seeds that will diversify my hard at home and add more rabbit forage to my yard.  

Narrow leaf plantain,  red clover, and curly dock.

Then I explored some shrubby/scrub area behind some residential houses and collected wild native milkweed seeds.  Milkweed flower buds are delicious and look like broccoli.

Lastly, on a hike next to the river I found several kinds of oak trees growing with evergreens.   I collected both red and white acorns to try processing into "coffee" although the squirrels do NOT leave many of the small red ones intact!!  

To document your completion of the BB, provide the following:
- clear image of the wild species
- provide the name of the wild species being harvested
- at least 1/2 teaspoon of seeds harvested from each wild species

My six species:

Narrow leaf plantain
Curly dock
Red clover
Native milkweed
Red oak
White oak
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meadow
meadow
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narrow leaf plantain
narrow leaf plantain
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narrow leaf plantain seeds (about 1/8 cup)
narrow leaf plantain seeds (about 1/8 cup)
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red clover with seedhead
red clover with seedhead
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red clover seeds harvested (about 1/4 cup seedheads)
red clover seeds harvested (about 1/4 cup seedheads)
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curly dock with seed stalk
curly dock with seed stalk
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curly dock seeds collected (1/4 cup)
curly dock seeds collected (1/4 cup)
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native milkweed growing
native milkweed growing
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milkweed seeds collected (about 1/4 cup)
milkweed seeds collected (about 1/4 cup)
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oak trees growing along river
oak trees growing along river
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some trees with oak leaves still attached
some trees with oak leaves still attached
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bucket of large white oak acorns
bucket of large white oak acorns
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close up of large white oak acorns.. these are huge
close up of large white oak acorns.. these are huge
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small dish or red acorns.. squirrels do not want to share these!
small dish or red acorns.. squirrels do not want to share these!
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close up of red acorns, just barely makes the quantity requirement I think!
close up of red acorns, just barely makes the quantity requirement I think!

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Christopher Weeks
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This one's repeatable and I have a few more this winter. Please feel free to check that no species are duplicated in my previous submissions: here and here.
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Christopher Weeks
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This one's repeatable and I have a few more this winter. Please feel free to check that no species are duplicated in my previous submissions: here and here and here.
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redOsierDogwoodLive.jpg
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Note: Dogwood (can't actually see the seeds), thimbleberry and lettuce don't appear to be 1/2 teaspoon

 
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Sorry for wasting whomever's time on that last one. I just scraped up all the seeds and mush from the wet paper towel where I'm stratifying the thimbleberry and it just barely made 1/2 tsp and it wasn't all seeds, so I guess you're right. The TBL does make more than 1/2 t with the fluff that's in there, but maybe not if I removed it all carefully -- not sure what the protocol is on bits of chaff. And I could rinse the vermiculite away from the ROD seeds and have way more than 1/2 t, but no point since the thimbleberry was the weakest link.
 
Alexandra Malecki
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To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
      o Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants
      o At least one half teaspoon of each

To document your completion of the BB, provide the following:
 - clear image of the wild species
 - provide the name of the wild species being harvested
 - at least 1/2 teaspoon of seeds harvested from each wild species
6-species_take-1.jpg
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acorns.JPG
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plum_wild.jpg
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kinnikinnick-harvest_mueller-state-park.JPG
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I attended Helen's Garden Master Course in January 2022 and give the lectures 10/10 acorns! Fortunately for you, you can also see the Garden Master recordings but unfortunately you'll miss out on the fruit Helen grew and shared. It was the tastiest fruit I've ever had!
This one is mostly for myself because I highly recommend using this BB tracking spreadsheet and I need a faster way to locate it when I want to share it with potential SKIPpers.

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Note: The kinnikinnick harvest picture confuses me. I don't see any berries/seeds

 
Alexandra Malecki
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It appears that I can do this BB multiple times? I have 6 new species!
The buckwheat was found near houses in a wildlife-urban-interface. Now that I think about it, I reckon that the buckwheat volunteered from a neighboring house so perhaps that isn’t wild? I’ve harvested wild California buckwheat from a natural preserve that I can swap in instead.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
      o Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants
      o At least one half teaspoon of each

To document your completion of the BB, provide the following:
 - clear image of the wild species
 - provide the name of the wild species being harvested
 - at least 1/2 teaspoon of seeds harvested from each wild species
6-species_take-2.jpg
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buckwheat.jpg
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Wild California buckwheat
Wild California buckwheat
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California buckwheat
California buckwheat

I'm pursuing SKIP to inherit property, check it out for yourself: SKIP book or maybe you're my Otis/Otessa match?
I created a thread dedicated to my countdown to PEP2, please come visit and ask a question!
I love that Rocket Mass Heaters are Carbon-Nuetral. In Erica's and Ernies Art of Fire Presentation, Erica explains the chemistry of how that's possible!
I attended Helen's Garden Master Course in January 2022 and give the lectures 10/10 acorns! Fortunately for you, you can also see the Garden Master recordings but unfortunately you'll miss out on the fruit Helen grew and shared. It was the tastiest fruit I've ever had!
This one is mostly for myself because I highly recommend using this BB tracking spreadsheet and I need a faster way to locate it when I want to share it with potential SKIPpers.

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Note: Was the buckwheat in the wild?

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Note: With the picture of buckwheat in the wild this looks good!

 
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