I consider these Rules so important that I would review them with each class that I taught.<\/p>\n
1. DO NOT collect plants closer than 100 feet from a car path or contaminated area.<\/p>\n
2. NEVER collect from areas sprayed with herbacides, pesticides, or other chemicals.<\/p>\n
3. DO NOT collect plants with RED STEMS or red striations or stripes.<\/p>\n
4. ALWAYS BE FAMILIAR with all dangerous plants in YOUR area of collection.<\/p>\n
5. POSITIVELY IDENTIFY all plants you intend to use for food.<\/p>\n
6. Take a piece of the plant between your fingers. SNIFF CAREFULLY. Does it smell like something you would eat? If it doesn\u2019t, DISCARD IMMEDIATELY. If it does, go on to rule 7.<\/p>\n
7. Take another piece off the plant and roll until juicy. RUB the tiny piece on your gum above your teeth.<\/p>\n
8. WAIT 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
9. DOES YOUR GUM ITCH, BURN, TINGLE, SWELL OR STING? If no reaction occurs, go on to rule 10, otherwise DISCARD IMMEDIATELY.<\/em> 10. Take another piece of the plant and put in a teacup. Add boiling water and steep for 5 minutes. SIP SLOWLY for 20 more minutes. WATCH FOR NAUSEA, BURNING, OR DISCOMFORT.<\/p>\n If no reaction occurs, you may ingest a small amount.<\/p>\n 11. WAIT ANOTHER 20 MINUTES and watch for any reaction.<\/p>\n 12. Keep all samples AWAY from pets and children who do not know wild food identification.<\/p>\n 13. Store all seeds and bulbs AWAY from pets and children who do not know wild food identification.<\/p>\n 14. Teach children to keep all plants AWAY from their mouths unless positively identified, and DO NOT ALLOW children to chew or suck nectar from any unknown plants.<\/em> 15. AVOID smoke from burning plants. Smoke may irritate the eyes or cause allergic reactions QUICKLY. 16. BE AWARE of your neighbor\u2019s habits with chemicals, pesticides and herbicides.<\/p>\n 17. BEWARE: heating or boiling doesn\u2019t always destroy toxicity.<\/p>\n 18. CALL AND REPORT chemical spills, illegal dumping, contaminated areas and anything else that might affect safety to children and adults, as well as plants.<\/p>\n 19. KEEP EDIBLES SEPARATE from samples to be identified and use separate bags whenever possible. POISONS WILL GIVE THEIR BAD QUALITIES TO FOOD IN THE SAME PROXIMITY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RULES OF FORAGING I consider these Rules so important that I would review them with each class that I taught. 1. DO NOT collect plants closer than 100 feet from a car path or contaminated area. 2. NEVER collect from areas sprayed with herbacides, pesticides, or other chemicals. 3. DO NOT collect plants with RED […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofthefield.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofthefield.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofthefield.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofthefield.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofthefield.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ofthefield.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247,"href":"https:\/\/ofthefield.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofthefield.com\/homeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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