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Foraging. We have a community too. You will try food that you can't buy in a grocery store. I definitely recommend Staghorn Sumac Lemonade, Blaming my friend Jeff, Garlic Mustard Pesto, Wild Black Raspberries, and Paw Paws.

Some plants also offer health benefits

Yarrow for stomach isssues, Plantain for inflammation, and Milk Thistle for making yourself fart uncontrollably during your intercontinental flight to New Zealand while you lay claim to the middle seat and make it everyone else's problem.

In addition to have a well rounded post on Lemmy I'd recommend you be completely sure of any plants you eat. You accept the risk. You don't want to mistake a poisonous plant! Sometimes you may only mkae that mistake once. In conclusion Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself, neither should you by eating the wrong plant.

I have this weird art medium I came up with where I take things in the fridge and cabinet that are past the date and turn them into art materials. It began because people I know always debated over what to do once something in the fridge lived its lifespan. Throwing it away always seemed wasteful, and throwing it outside for the animals to eat sounds generous to nature, but you end up poisoning the ecosystem.

The hobby began as I was cleaning out the fridge and wondered if a certain sauce that was forgotten about in the very back of the fridge would make a good paint. It then kicked off from there. In our world where we never know where what we eat comes from or is made of, sometimes something makes a surprisingly good paint when expired, sometimes it makes a good texture builder, sometimes an aroma enhancer, sometimes a good clay substitute, etc. I then find a way to make it last as long as possible, or at least long enough to show people. It sounds weird, but I have created some of my best masterpieces this way.

Collecting snail shells. Turns out there are hundreds of land and freshwater snail species, many that are easily identifiable by even as an amateur. Some are common but many are in narrow habitats or restricted ranges, making collecting an adventure. The microsnails might be the coolest. They're insanely small but under a hand lens they can have very intricate shells and they are everywhere! It's like pokemon but irl.