Here's **Part 1** of the long-awaited update about the great posts being curated on the @foraging-trail. This report lists all the posts made since [the last report](https://steemit.com/foraging-trail/@foraging-trail/foraging-trail-curation-update-and-list-3-pinecones-mushrooms-feathers-fishing-weeds-and-more-so-much-foraging-on-steemit) that have now passed the 30-day active commenting period. Tomorrow, I'll post **Part 2**, covering active posts that you can still leave comments in. If you want to connect with anyone in today's list of authors, go to their blog page and leave a reply in one of their current posts. 

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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> 25 Great Steemit Foraging Posts </center> ##

It's been an embarrassingly long 2 months since the third report on the SteemTrail Foraging Trail. Blame the curator, @haphazard-hstead! The authors were great in this group of posts, about **presenting their own images, experiences, insights, and perspectives.** That makes this Steemit content **unique and valuable!** 

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 Foraging-Trail  on Discord](https://discord.gg/wAMsvbB)!

This is the fourth published list of curated foraging posts. Some great things to note about this list of posts -- there are *25 posts from 17 different people, with 8 authors new to the @foraging-trail, and 9 repeat authors*. 

**There is incredible value in these 25 posts!**  If you haven’t seen them yet, I urge you to read them, even though you can't make comments in those posts. If you want to connect with anyone in today's list of authors, go to their blog page and leave a reply in one of their current posts.  I strongly encourage you to leave your foraging questions and comments in these authors' current posts. That’s how we learn and get to know each other. 

These 25 foraging posts generated $340.54 in total payouts to authors and curators, for an average payout of $13.62 per post. With all the bots and vote trails, reporting on the upvotes generated by these posts doesn't have much meaning anymore. Instead, because the @foraging-trail is about building a Steemit community, it's better to look at metrics for community interaction. 

What about community interaction? These posts had 327 comments, or over 13 comments/post on average. How does 13 comments/post compare to what you are creating or reading? 

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. Then you can 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 | Abridged Post Title | Payout | Comments |
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| @haphazard-hstead | [Ramen Noodles and Weeds](https://steemit.com/food/@haphazard-hstead/make-backpacking-ramen-noodles-better-with-weeds-and-more-too-late-for-steemit-culinary-challenge-7-but-still-worth-it ) | $20.09  | 39 |
| @bontonstory | [Wild Pear Extract](https://steemit.com/food/@bontonstory/wild-pear-extract-recipe-food-photography ) | $10.96 | 11 |
| @reddust  | [Mallow Flowers and Tea](https://steemit.com/art/@reddust/mallow-flower-and-blue-herbal-tea-finished ) | $6.01  | 9 |
| @namastaynpaint | [Palm Frond Painting](https://steemit.com/art/@namastaynpaint/palm-frond-painting-peace-and-love )  | $7.08 | 7 |
| @rebeccaryan | [Foraged Christmas Decorations](https://steemit.com/gardening/@rebeccaryan/3eovjh-sweet-little-foraged-christmas-decorations ) | $11.14  | 33 |
|  @yetaras | [Mushroom Hunting](https://steemit.com/nature/@yetaras/what-to-do-when-is-not-enough-buckets-in-mushroom-hunting ) | $1.50 | 5 |
|  @papa-pepper | [Snow Cones From Snow](https://steemit.com/snow/@papa-pepper/when-life-gives-you-lemons-make-lemonade-when-life-gives-you-snow-make-snow-cones ) | $8.62  | 33 |
| @andre-ager  | [Dandelion Bitters Winter Tonic](https://steemit.com/health/@andre-ager/dandelion-bitters-winter-tonic ) | $10.75  | 9 |
| @neko-9 | [Natural Christmas Decoration How-To](https://steemit.com/howto/@neko-9/workshop-natural-christmas-decoration-step-by-step-easy-to-make ) | $0 | 4 |
| @realmeandi | [Pebble Art Wall](https://steemit.com/art/@realmeandi/outside-old-wall-makeover-pebbles-art ) | $18.48 | 14 |
| @felixxx | [Desert Truffles on the Canaries](https://steemit.com/food/@felixxx/foraging-4-desert-truffle-on-the-canaries  ) | $16.49 | 8 |
| @steemvest17 | [Hunting for Jaringa Fruit](https://steemit.com/foraging/@steemvest17/hunting-for-jiringa-fruit ) | $22.15 | 16 |
| @steemvest17 | [Fish Species at the Indian Ocean Coast](https://steemit.com/life/@steemvest17/fishing-story-fish-species-at-the-indian-ocean-coast ) | $10.89 | 7 |
| @haphazard-hstead   | [Black-eyed Peas with Wild Field Mustard](https://steemit.com/food/@haphazard-hstead/steemit-culinary-challenge-9-entry-2-black-eyed-peas-with-wild-field-mustard ) | $17.81  | 20 |
| @haphazard-hstead  | [15-Weed Winter Salad with Foraging ID Quiz](https://steemit.com/food/@haphazard-hstead/steemit-culinary-challenge-9-entry-1-winter-weed-salad-15-wild-plants-with-foraging-id-quiz )  |  $3.09 | 25 |
| @rainchen |  [Borneo-Style Cooking Snakehead Fish in Bamboo](https://steemit.com/howto/@rainchen/how-our-ancestor-cooking-food-borneo-style-steemit-new-year-exclusive ) | $13.41 | 3 |
| @countryinspired  | [Country Folks - with Morels and Fish](https://steemit.com/life/@countryinspired/country-folks ) | $86.60  | 37 |
| @papa-pepper | [American Persimmon](https://steemit.com/foraging/@papa-pepper/the-edible-outdoors-21-the-american-persimmon ) | $24.61  | 15 |
| @namastaynpaint | [Palm Frond and Seed Pod Painting](https://steemit.com/art/@namastaynpaint/palm-frond-and-seed-pod-painting ) | $2.81 | 11 |
| @fishingvideos | [Delicious Fish](https://steemit.com/food/@fishingvideos/the-delicious-fish-original-photos-videos ) | $17.59 | 6 |
|  @ability | [A Magic Tree - Kudzu](https://steemit.com/tree/@ability/a-magic-tree-the-tree-can-eat ) | $12.76  | 3 |
| @fishingvideos | [I Take You Hunting](https://steemit.com/life/@fishingvideos/take-you-to-hunt-original-for-steemit ) | $9.00 | 2 |
| @steemvest17 | [Night-fishing at Coast of Malacca Straight](https://steemit.com/foraging/@steemvest17/night-fishing-at-coast-of-malacca-strait ) | $0.55 | 4 |
| @grildrig  |  [Preserved Boletus Edulis Mushrooms](https://steemit.com/nature/@grildrig/mushrooms-in-the-bank-mushroom-hunting-in-2016 ) | $1.19  | 2 |
| @steemvest17 | [Hunting for the Straw Mushroom](https://steemit.com/foraging/@steemvest17/hunting-for-straw-mushroom-edible-mushroom ) | $7.05 | 4 |

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

**Part 2** of the @foraging-trail will be posted tomorrow. It will list at least 24 posts that are still active for payouts and engagement through comments! With spring coming in the Northern Hemisphere, foraging in the real world will be picking up quickly! Let's see some of that momentum in Steemit foraging posts, too! Let's make Steemit 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 about the Steemit Foraging community and guidelines for being upvoted by the @foraging-trail [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, [join the Foraging-Trail  on Discord](https://discord.gg/wAMsvbB)
4.	Stay tuned for updates. If you follow @foraging-trail here on Steemit, you’ll see them.


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