Steemit foragers really know how to appreciate nature's wild bounty! Check out the third report from the Foraging-Trail.

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## <center>Introduction</center> ##

The Foraging-Trail is a SteemTrail project to grow an engaged community of people within Steemit, who are interested in foraging for food and crafts. That means making posts and comments where we all can learn, share our thoughts about foraging, and show our field trips, harvests, and what we do with nature’s wild bounty. 

The long-term goal is that people will join Steemit to be part of specific communities – like Foraging - because they are so active, engaging, and supportive. Focused Steemit communities will provide more structure for getting new people connected easily, without drifting away in confusion or frustration.

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## <center> 17 More Days of Steemit Foraging </center> ##

It's been 17 days since our second report on the SteemTrail Foraging Trail. The curation process seems to be going more smoothly. Authors have generally been good about providing the source for their images and quoted text. That's appreciated! The Foraging Trail tries to discover new authors posting original foraging content and to support the community's regular authors, too. Right now, @haphazard-hstead is the only curator. If you are interested in helping out, join [the steemtrail chat channel](https://steemit.chat/channel/steemtrail)!

This is the third published list of curated foraging posts. Some great things to note about this list. Look at how many foraging posts there were in the last 17 days – *23 posts from 15 different people, and again, 7 are new to the @foraging-trail*. 

**There is incredible value in these 23 posts!**  If you haven’t seen them yet, I urge you to read and upvote them – they are all still within their 30-day earnings period. And I encourage you to leave some comments. That’s how we learn and get to know each other. 

These 23 foraging posts generated 4136 upvotes and $296.60 in total payouts, for an average post payout of $12.90 to authors and curators, with an average of almost 180 upvotes/post. 

What about community interaction? These posts had 374 comments, or over 16 comments/post on average. How does 16 comments/post compare to what you are creating or reading? And foraging posts are getting shared, with 11 total reblogs in addition to being resteemed on the @foraging-trail page. 

Congratulations to all the authors! Thank you, everyone, for your upvotes and support of these posts. Please consider following the many authors whose work is featured here. If you follow the @foraging-trail, too, you can see the curation in real time, easily upvote the curated posts to support our Steemit foraging writers, and you won’t miss some great foraging posts. Don’t forget to comment and upvote comments as well – it really shows appreciation of each other within our community. 

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## <center>Foraging-Trail Curated Posts</center> ##


| Author | Post | Payout | Comments |
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|  @papa-pepper | [THE EDIBLE OUTDOORS #20 - Wild Chives ](https://steemit.com/food/@papa-pepper/the-edible-outdoors-20-wild-chives )  | $19.10  | 47 |
| @reddust  | [Stinging Nettle Tea - Painting Finished - Tea Recipe ](https://steemit.com/art/@reddust/stinging-nettle-tea-painting-finished-tea-recipe )  | $9.04  | 30 |
| @haphazard-hstead | [Wild Sheep Sorrel Weed Soup with assorted homegrown chili peppers -foraging and cooking ](https://steemit.com/steemitculinarychallenge/@haphazard-hstead/steemit-culinary-challenge-5-wild-sheep-sorrel-soup-with-assorted-homegrown-chili-peppers )  | $.57  | 39 |
| @bontonstory  | [I have a natural pine cones humidifier  ](https://steemit.com/life/@bontonstory/i-have-a-natural-pine-cones-humidifier-life-photography )  | $23.75  | 22 |
|  @opheliafu | [Quill ink drawings ](https://steemit.com/art/@opheliafu/quill-ink-drawings )  | $18.02  | 17 |
| @ardyach | [Today Fishing Get Fish Tilapia ](https://steemit.com/nature/@ardyach/today-fishing-get-fish-tilapia )  | $5.27 | 13 |
| @reddust  | [Yarrow Medicine Tea Painting - 1st and 2nd Layers ](https://steemit.com/art/@reddust/yarrow-medicine-tea-painting-1st-and-2nd-layers )   | $10.45  | 6 |
|  @yetaras | [Umbrella mushroom like a really umbrella ](https://steemit.com/life/@yetaras/umbrella-mushroom-like-a-reallly-umbrella )  | $0 | 7 |
| @foreman  | [In harmony with nature ](https://steemit.com/photography/@foreman/in-harmony-with-nature )   | $0  | 6 |
| @papa-pepper | [THE EDIBLE OUTDOORS - GETTING INFORMATION INTO YOUR HEAD BEFORE YOU REALLY NEED IT ](https://steemit.com/foraging/@papa-pepper/the-edible-outdoors-getting-information-into-your-head-before-you-really-need-it-post-7777 )  | $35.27  | 25 |
| @knittybynature | [How to make a wreath from twigs ](https://steemit.com/art/@knittybynature/how-to-make-a-xmas-wreath-from-twigs )  | $21.89  | 14 |
| @haphazard-hstead   | [Slippery Jack: An under-appreciated wild edible mushroom - Part 1: Foraging ](https://steemit.com/foraging/@haphazard-hstead/slippery-jack-an-under-appreciated-wild-edible-mushroom-100-original-part-1-foraging )  | $2.38  | 29 |
| @haphazard-hstead  | [Slippery Jack: An under-appreciated wild edible mushroom - Part 2: Cleaning, cooking, preserving ](https://steemit.com/foraging/@haphazard-hstead/slippery-jack-an-under-appreciated-wild-edible-mushroom-100-original-part-2-cleaning-cooking-preserving )  |  $.25 | 15 |
| @bontonstory |[Made shepherd's purse ' Naeng-e' soup / Not sweet, but healthy recipe  ](https://steemit.com/food/@bontonstory/easy-daily-food-now-sweet-but-healthy-made-shepherds-purse-naeng-e-soup-recipe-food-photography )  | $1.06 | 11 |
| @haphazard-hstead  | [Grilled Italian Peppers Stuffed with Weeds and Smoked Fish - foraging and cooking ](https://steemit.com/steemitculinarychallenge/@haphazard-hstead/steemit-culinary-challenge-6-grilled-italian-peppers-stuffed-with-weeds-and-smoked-fish )   |  $15.34 | 41 |
| @bontonstory | [Another healthy wine is made of wild grapes 'Meoru' / Easy Recipe ](https://steemit.com/food/@bontonstory/another-healthy-wine-with-wild-grapes-meoru-easy-recipe-food-photography ) | $13.12 | 10 |
| @able | [My Countryside Life - Digging bamboo shoots ](https://steemit.com/countryside/@able/my-countryside-life-digging-bamboo-shoots ) | $12.05 | 3 |
| @namastaynpaint | [Painted Pebbles! ](https://steemit.com/art/@namastaynpaint/painted-pebbles )  | $21.68 | 7 |
| @yogidream.scapes |[Easy DIY Painted Garden Stones ](https://steemit.com/howto/@yogidream.scapes/easy-diy-painted-garden-stones )  | $26.86 | 4 |
| @fishingvideos |[Funny Fishing Videos & Fishing People ](https://steemit.com/videos/@fishingvideos/funny-fishing-videos )  | $13.69 | 2 |
| @ironwood  |[Recent handmade knives, pipes and other creations ](https://steemit.com/art/@ironwood/recent-handmade-knives-pipes-and-other-creations )  | $16.67 | 7 |
| @haphazard-hstead | [TIL - I Have Insidious Gomphidius and That's OK - Wild edible mushroom - ID and eating ](https://steemit.com/foraging/@haphazard-hstead/today-i-learned-i-have-insidious-gomphidius-and-that-s-ok ) | $16.85 | 13 |
| @valth |[Distinguishing between the Boletus edulis and the Tylopilus felleus mushrooms ](https://steemit.com/nature/@valth/distinguishing-between-the-boletus-edulis-and-the-tylopilus-felleus-mushrooms )  | $13.29 | 6 |




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**Some other accomplishments -**  Foraging posts are getting a lot of attention here on Steemit, if not as much reward as they should. Some of the individual posts showed up in the top 25 posts by net votes with rewards less than 10 SBD, in the advanced steem metrics series by @ontofractal. And some appeared in the series by @screenname that identifies the most undervalued posts on Steemit. 


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## <center>What's Next</center> ##

Over the next two weeks, let’s keep the momentum going! We are on our way to becoming the premier foraging community on the Internet.  How can you help?

1.	Start writing about foraging topics and post them with the Foraging tag! You can find out more [here](https://steemit.com/steemtrail/@foraging-trail/growing-a-foraging-community-on-steemit-introduction-to-the-foraging-trail) and [here](https://steemit.com/foraging/@haphazard-hstead/growing-a-foraging-community-on-steemit-step-1-steemtrail-curation).
2.	Support the creators making posts with the Foraging tag by upvoting and/or commenting. 
3.	Volunteer with SteemTrail to help curate posts about Foraging. If you want to help, let us know in the [Steemtrail Discord Channel](https://discord.gg/wAMsvbB).
4.	Stay tuned for updates. If you follow @foraging-trail, you’ll see them.


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Thank you for following and upvoting @foraging-trail

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Note: All author rewards from this post will be used to fund @foraging-trail.