At 07:19 PM 4/19/01 -0400, Don Wiss wrote:
>Richard Geller wrote:
>
>>You cannot achieve a true paleo diet today, really,  .....
>>and lack the diversity of edible vegetation that was available
>
>One can take up foraging and increase the diversity a lot. A walk in the
>local park at non-winter times will turn up more than a couple dozen
>different things. Go to a different park, with a different ecosystem, and
>you'll find lots more different plants. It does take a bit of effort to
>learn them, and without a guide may be very difficult. Even with a guide I
>can't possibly remember all he shows us.

Most of the parks around here that I know of are of the "take nothing but
photographs, leave nothing but footprint" types...  I'd suggest checking
that out before picking/digging.  And also, depending on the park, when and
where the hunting is allowed!

>To read up some on this see: http://www.foraging.com/
>
>And if one grows their own vegetables, one can grow lots of things not
>available in the stores.

<b g>

grow, yes, harvest?  It depends on how well you protect your garden :)

Dianne
who has yet to get more than a few herbs out of hers!