13 Wild Edibles I Found Outside Therapy Today!
I arrived at therapy a little early today (since I’m the type to run late, I try to aim to arrive 30 minutes early, just to be on the safe side) and as I was about to enter the building I saw this beautiful patch of wood sorrel, one of my kids’ favorite wild edibles, […]
Foraging Wild Amaranth; Wild Edible Green and Pseudo Grain
I really love when there’s a plant that I forage and can write about that literally grows around the world. It makes me feel really connected to people around the world and in various cultures, despite our differences. Today’s plant that I wanted to talk about, slender amaranth, is exactly one of those. I saw […]
Foraging Black Nightshade — Solanum Nigrum and How to Identify It
This is a post that is a long time in coming and is one that I’m nervous about writing for a variety of reasons. One of the biggest things about writing this post is that it’s about a plant that for some reason is very controversial. Black nightshade. It has a reputation for being poisonous […]
Foraging Wild Edibles in Poland- With Lots of Pictures!
Having never stepped foot in Poland before, I assumed that going there, I might recognize one or two different edible plants, and maybe do a drop of foraging. I was not expecting to recognize most of the plants there, with them being things I regularly forage locally, or plants I’m familiar with even if I didn’t […]
Foraging Wild Swiss Chard or Sea Beet in my Backyard!
I love Swiss chard but it’s not so cheap to buy locally. I mean it’s not a fortune but it’s more than I’d like to pay for a leafy green. In my home growing up we grew Swiss chard in our garden and enjoyed it. When married and in our first home, the one with […]
Foraging Salsify or Goatsbeard- Delicious Wild Edible
When people first hear about foraging from me, a response I typically get is “Oh, so you eat grass?” I’ve noticed that most people who aren’t immersed in the world of wild plants sees large swaths of green and instead of noticing different plants, they just see a green blur, which they dub grass. I […]
Foraging Sow Thistle- A Versatile Wild Edible
It’s the middle of the best season for foraging where I live. Rain falls and plants grow, greenery is everywhere and most of it near me is edible. I find that I can spend less money in the grocery store since the greenery is so abundant that I use it to replace a lot of […]
Foraging Lambsquarters or Goosefoot- Edible Wild Plants
It’s been really beautiful weather in my area the past little while, which makes me very torn. I want to go out and do fun things with the kids, but then by the time I get home, I don’t have much energy left for the things I have to do inside the house, like keep […]
Foraging Plantain- Wild Food and Medicine
There’s one plant that I forage all the time, and it’s one of those plants that, even if you don’t plan on becoming a full time forager, that I suggest you learn. Because it is simply one of the most useful plants out there. And it’s pretty easy to learn how to forage it. Plantain. […]
Foraging Wild Chamomile
When I open my front door, I see a sea of green, at the moment, interspersed with yellow flowers. If I look a little more carefully, I can see little white and yellow flowers hidden among all the yellow. Those little flowers that everyone around me sees every day but doesn’t pay attention to, because […]
