As mentioned back in section 1.1, your own backyard or balcony
is often the very first foraging ground worth attending to —
not because it's the most abundant, but because it's the most
accessible, and the easiest place to build a real, returning
relationship with over time.

Clover, dandelion, and plantain are usually the most common
finds in an ordinary backyard or lawn, as covered in section 5.3.
Chickweed and lambsquarters often appear in less-mowed corners
or garden beds with looser soil.

Before foraging from your own or a neighbour's lawn, know whether
it's been treated with weed killer or fertiliser recently —
this is one of the more common and easily overlooked
contamination risks, precisely because it feels like such a safe,
familiar space.

Balconies rarely offer self-seeded foraging in the same way
a backyard does, but they're worth mentioning as the smallest
possible scale of plant relationship — even a single pot
that attracts an unplanted, self-seeded chickweed or two
is a small, real example of the same principles at work.