Haha sounds to me like you are just using a healthy risk/reward system! I usually try to only grab stuff from my yard or far enough away from the road or stream that it wouldn't have gotten gross (urban area) but I definitely snacked on some ripe mulberries, wineberries, and black raspberries that were right along the road within the past few months.
Its just a lower chance if its not near flowers
This is the main character in a line of NPC houses
Sleeping usually makes it stop raining too.
Or Julian date!
Haha sounds to me like you are just using a healthy risk/reward system! I usually try to only grab stuff from my yard or far enough away from the road or stream that it wouldn't have gotten gross (urban area) but I definitely snacked on some ripe mulberries, wineberries, and black raspberries that were right along the road within the past few months.
This is a pretty good article on it