[SKB_Hamsters]

It’s safer to forage roots and flower and leaves from your garden as you can be certain that they not had pesticides used on them or around them. I choose not to do this myself due to having the occasional rat visits my garden so don’t want to risk anything incase they’ve been in contact with rodenticides from someone else’s garden.. I wouldn’t feel comfortable myself taking things from the wood unless they are up high so dogs wouldn’t have peed on them or other animals wouldn’t have come into contact. I prefer to stick to store bought forages as I don’t need to worry about these things plus they already dried them to don’t need to worry about this process either.

I don’t use moss myself so wouldn’t be able to advise on that.