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I didn't have to go far to look for food resources. Our neighbor's lemon tree is always full of lemons all year long. There have been many times when I would just lean over the fence and pluck a few lemons occasionally. Now I should also mention, we have a close friendship with our neighbors and we constantly exchange foods and groceries. Also, I myself have a baby lemon tree in my backyard along with Lokat tree, mint, oranges and some herbs. When I went outside in my neighborhood, I saw many other resources such as orange tree, pumpkins, squash and cucumbers growing in some of my neighbor's backyards. I think foragers might just enjoy living in my neighborhood as there were variety of options here.

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Orange tree next to a neighbor's front lawn

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I went on a run through my neighborhood and a couple of surrounding ones yesterday afternoon and saw many different sources of food. More than anything, I saw quite a few orange trees, which are a pretty solid fruit to have in your diet. I also passed a bunch of lemon trees, a number of cacti, an apricot tree, a tangerine tree, and an avocado tree. There were several berry bushes I saw too, but I wasn't sure if the berries were edible so those may be risky. Overall, there seems to be a decent variety of natural food in the neighborhoods around me, which would all be quite valuable for foragers.

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These are called Elderberries and they are a few of the edible and completely safe berries you can find and eat in the wild. In the !Kung group they would often times collect large amounts of berries to snack on and alleviate their hunger until finding something more fulfilling. There are dozens of species of this berry, making for many different uses and grow mainly in North America. Elderberries would be perfect for hunting and gathering because they are easy to carry and are delicious on their own.

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After walking in my neighborhood with a lot of effort of hoping to find something. I realize that I have a garden upstairs so why not taking that chance to show one of the edible plants in my garden. This is coriander with a greater smell when we chew it. It’s a little bit chewy

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This cactus has been trying to grow in my backyard. If I was a forager I would probably eat this because in Mexican culture it's very common to find dishes that contain cactus. There is also many nutrients within cactus I've seen many people use it for holistic remedies as well.

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This is a peach that I found while on a walk in my neighborhood. This stuck out to me because I realized that bright and berries look very appealing to eat.

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Although I used a stock image for this as I was unable to actually capture a photo before they ran off, on my walks around where I live I have encountered many rabbits. While not all foragers hunt for meat, some do and so this could be a viable option for obtaining food as well as their fur to use for other things.

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Walking around my neighborhood I found this Loquat fruit and tree. Usually the fruits are bigger, but when this tree is in season I could definetely see foragers eating the fruit!

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Found this pumpkin plant in my backyard. We have a lot of different fruit and veggie plants the we have planted but this is not one of them. I’m not entirely sure where it came from as we never planted pumpkins but I guess the more the merrier.

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This is a full grown cilantro plant that i found in front of my neighbor front lawn. I know what you might say "This is not Cilantro". I can assure you that it is cilantro but as an adult form. The cilantro form that you might be familiar and find in stores is the stage before it starts blooming. Cilantro must be harvested before this late stage because then it wound not be eatable.

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This is an orange tree that lives in my backyard; oranges are one of my favorite fruits so it's very nice to have such a lovely tree! The oranges are sticky sweet and it's fun to think of different recipes to incorporate them in. Oranges are an excellent source of vitamin c and eating them helps our bodies in a multitude of ways.

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It's cherry season! I absolutely love cherries and I think that they are delicious as well as beautiful! I'm wondering if foragers ever come across cherry trees/cherries and think the same as myself! Hopefully they like them too and are able to share them with their families/friends/tribes this season!

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This is an Anna Apple Tree that I happened to come across around some little greenery area that was up by Solvang. I've actually never tried these particular apples so I was very interested in what they tasted like!

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Since I'm back home for the summer I live on the country side so I'm constantly surrounded by cows and I thought these cows were a great find. I know that foragers didn't hunt for cows but they are still considered a natural resource because people use them as a source of food and they're very nourishing.

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We have an avocado tree in our backyard. We pick many avocados from this tree and they taste very good!

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My family grows vietnamese coriander in the front yard. It is used in many meals.

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Walking in my community I realized there was a lot of bushes in peoples yards with berrys on them. A lot of them were like strawberries or blackberries but the best one I seen was a boysenberry bush.

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This is a violet flower. It is a common flower in Japan. And after some research, I found something cooked with violet flowers.

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As a hobby I bird watch on my free time, I take snapshots of different types of birds. I chose to post this dove over others because I notice that it has more meat then most. These birds also come in large flocks they are largely populated in our area as well.

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I live 1-2 miles away from the beach. I love to walk to the beach especially with my dog, Cody. I tend to walk the beach next to my place at least once a week and before this assignment I would’ve never thought about eating the mussels stuck to the rocks on the beach, especially during a low tied. If I was a forager I’d definitely take an advantage of the vast amount of mussels on the coast of the beach I walk on.

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During this time of the year my back yard begins to Blume with fresh Prickly pears and cactus to eat throughout the summer.

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It's hard to tell but I found some chickens. An animal part of the bird family. They were so cute and it was kind of sad to think I myself, and others eat these cute chickens for food. But it is survival, just like other animals eat other animals, we humans eat animals too.

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While walking around my neighborhood, I found an avocado tree. This looked like a very old tree and had many avocados fallen onto the ground under it. I also came across my neighbors huge lime tree in their front yard, which my family uses very often to make meals and drinks. I came across all sorts of different plants and trees that grow edible and good food that can be easily foraged and then replenished after use. It was nice to see all the gardens and trees around my neighborhood and made me realize that if I was a forager, I would have many options for resources and food around my home.

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I went to my grandmas house a bit ago and walked over to her friends who has a raspberry bush! As you can see not many were ready at all. The ones I had were sour but tasted great in her pastries (I know that is not foraging, but everyone needs to try raspberry chocolate chip cookies).

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Here's a cow I caught up to while hiking in the Ojai valley - while she definitely belongs to someone on a nearby ranch, for the purposes of this assignment I think she was a good find!

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I found some wild 'barkcoli'... 😉
Only joking, I couldn't resist. This is my mother-in-law's corgi, Ruby, being a very good girl. I actually stumbled upon a cow while hiking - I'll put in a new post.

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Found this little lemon tree in my friends backyard when playing with the dogs! Lemons are a great source of vitamin C and can also prevent cancer and reduce the risk of heart disease. Although they aren't great to eat alone, lemons are great to add to dishes along with putting in water. All around a great fruit and source of nutrients!

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As I was walking my dog this morning I happened to stumble across this orange tree in my neighbors yard. If I were a forager and happened to see this is I'd definitely want to have some of it. Oranges are great for you like any other fruit as they have a lot nutrients, natural sugars and vitamin C.

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This peach tree is my grandma’s. I didn’t need to walk far to find it! However, if I was a true forager, I would find lemon and fig trees in my neighborhood. This tree has only just started to grow fruit so I couldn’t stay here year long. Like a forager I would need to move with the seasons, finding food in different places. This would need to be my summer spot.

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Right when I stepped out of my house, on my walk to see what I found guess what I found? Mint leaves right outside my door!! These mint leaves would be a great nutrients and can be used in so many ways that have health benefits. From boosting our immune system to also treating stomach woes. I use mint leave to make myself hot teas when I have an upset stomach. You are also able to eat them raw or cooked.

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This peach tree is a home fruit to Portland, Oregon and is apart of a Fruit Tree Project that provides a resource to give out free nourishing fruit. Peaches are known to offer natural sugars and can replenish. They can be picked right off the tree and washed to consume. Animals may even consume it right by picking it off. If I saw a peach while foraging I'd be sure to grab one off, wash it, and eat it.

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My family has a guava tree in our backyard. Right now it is not in season, but this is how it usually looks like. My family and I love this fruit, its super sweet!

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I found this orange tree right in my neighbors backyard! I think an orange tree is a great source of nutrients because they have lots of vitamin C. I think a forager would love to have an orange tree around because they're easy to eat, sweet, and full of vitamins! They are also very yummy on a warm summer day!

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I live about a 10 minute walk from a park that has a small pond that you are allowed to fish. This was a catch from earlier today, it is a Large Mouth Bass. This would be a great place to get resources because this place has so many fish and ducks as well as many fruit trees.

P.S. I didn't eat/kill the fish. I released it back into the pond :)

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I found this cow while driving through montecito. It's a very blurry picture but you can clearly see that it's a cow. Now while foragers don't really hunt cows they are still considered a natural resource, and they are delicious. This cow obviously belongs to someone because I found it in a gated field, but if I was a forager and found this cow out in the wild then I would consider eating it.

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(Large left picture)Our townhouse complex is full of Yucca trees (not Yuca) which grow beautiful edible flowers that taste like artichoke pasta if you take out the bitter middle. The two top right are dandelion flowers and leaves which are quite edible and medicinal. Lower right is my neighbors yard with an orange tree of sorts that is edible.
Considering reciprocity, I love to reciprocate with the person with deer in their area or any of the ocean side living humans. Bonfire and dancing, anyone?

Actually, if I had to live off the land around here I would be dead in 2 months and that's with optimism.

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I found this loquat tree while walking around my neighborhood. I first noticed This tree in the early spring when it was covered in loquats, but now that it’s summer there are only a few fruits left. I was surprised to see that there are actually a lot of edible plants and fruits all over my neighborhood like limes and oranges too.

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I found this deer while I was at an air bnb and if you are able to see it, the tree in the top of the photo has little berries. I looked them up on a plant finding app and it said that deer commonly eat them, hence the deer I saw around the tree.

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I found this pepper plant to spice things up in my neighborhood. I think they are Serranos or Jalapenos. My neighbors had a lot of plants that I could use for food. Almost every house had some kind of edible plant.

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We have a ton of miners lettuce grown close by our house. Sometimes we make salad with it, its kind of like spinach!

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This is a sourgrass plant. It can be found in a lot of fields and hiking paths in Santa Barbara and it can be eaten. I have tried it from the stems and it is a little sour but very refreshing. I'm sure it would add a lot of flavor to meals. I'm not sure if the flower part is edible though.

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On my walk to the bluffs over the weekend, I ran into this little cactus that was sprouting from the ground. I have had many dishes with the cactus added to them and it's pretty good.

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The ocean is probably the most important and fruitful resource at the hands of a forager community. The ability for the ocean to provide food allows for a completely sustainable influx of food which is the most important aspect of survival behind water.

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These are some of the most 'prized' fruits in the area and for good reason, These are the final product but seeing the culmination of a long growing process come to fruition (ha) is really something neat.