as an aside, if youre new to foraging, I use 2 ways besides just exploring and knoweldge of where things like to grow to forage, one is i use inaturalist to look at observations to get a general area of where these things are/what time of year theyre there.
Observations · iNaturalist So here is the autumn olive one, it tends to have some obfuscating because a) foragers hide their spot, but want inat cred, and b) people are a bit impercise, but you can get close with it.
and then I also when i’m in other cities (long island sucks on this site) I use fallingfruit.org, where people post their finds Its pretty cool, I plan on putting a lot of the trees I grow on it when theyre producing with notes to just ask for some if you want. A lot of people do it https://fallingfruit.org/
If anyone needs autumn olives in Delco PA, they’re by the sides of every road/clearing near the state parks/private parks/arboretums with the wineberries. The latter is ripe far earlier, doesn’t taste gross, and makes a nice pie. The autumn olives still taste nasty in November. Look pretty though.
Damn, thanks for the heads up about them being illegal. I guess I’ll stick with the goumi and Ebbing’s I already have. I was hoping to add some of Hector Black’s selections or superior wild autumn olive to my Elaeagnus collection in case I decide to do some crosses down the line.
I’m definitely not new to foraging, though I usually do it while hiking or camping rather than with a specific goal in mind. I’ve used iNaturalist before, but I haven’t checked out fallingfruit.org yet—thanks for the tip!
@ECSask , you ever find highbush cranberry in your area? I ran into them working near Fort St John, BC, growing in the understory of aspens. The landscape you’re describing (copses of trees) sounds similar. I thought they were surprisingly good.
Its pretty cool, I plan on putting a lot of the trees I grow on it when theyre producing with notes to just ask for some if you want. A lot of people do it https://fallingfruit.org/