Gleaning

Gleaning-To collect and use unharvested crops from fields instead of wasting them. It also describes obtaining unused agricultural products from food processors and retailers, usually for distribution by charitable food banks.

Casual gardening can include any of these, but usually does not include foraging in the sense that the word is generally defined, and usually alters the word "gleaning" to more like "seeding".

Wild birds are resourceful, gleaning most of their food from the natural habitat; except in extreme or unusual circumstances, they manage to find enough to eat to survive.

Their fibrous roots are great at gleaning water from the soil, and they're generally pretty drought-tolerant.

Whether you are facing the same quandary as Eddison or just starting your garden, there is plenty of wisdom to be gleaned within these pages. I say gleaned because, just in case you get lost in the prose, Eddison lists the main points as "Gleaning" ...

See also: Water, Plant, Gardening, Flower, Vegetable