Thinking about completing a foraging/wild foods class in Northumberland. I know of a course!

does anyone know of classes on finding/eating wild food in the Baltimore MD area? I've been reading about them lately and now I want to know more.

I heard that dock leaves were edible if cooked twice. So, when collecting ground elder to eat (highly recommended) I picked some fresh spring dock leaves to experiment with. There seems to be a lack of reliable information on this subject, so I present my results here. I am not an expert when it comes to the complex Rumex genus so no ( Read more... )

I've just discovered wild chicory roots as a soothing winter drink.   I dug some this past summer and dried them but just now got around to actually making a drink.  I steeped the roots in boiling water for a while then poured the water into a cup, added honey and a bit of half and half.  It made a wonderful drink with the mix of bitter and sweet ( Read more... )

Dandelions are growing in SoCal. As the local fruit season ends with a last crock put full of pear butter, I turn again to the fields for interesting things to eat.

Dandelion/walnut/shaggy mane pesto
(A recipe with rather a lot of variations)
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I've always wanted an edible wild plant field guide. I found this one at the store I work at (Great Outdoor Provision Company) but they also have it on Amazon.


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Hello, everybody. I'm new here, just wanted to share some of my recent experience with wild foods. Both invasive (but beautiful) plants are abundant by the river Hafren where I live (Wales). Cherry trees have plenty of fruit, and the balsam has flowers and seeds on different stages of ripening at the same time. After reading the articles here and ( Read more... )

small picture of my blackberry bush , click @ my journal for pictures of some raspberry/blackberry marmelades I made :)

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We have a good amount of wild purslane in the garden this year and have been adding it raw to salads.  I love this plant.  Anyone else use it in other ways?

I've been meaning to try eating cattails for years but am just now getting around to it.  I have pulled up some that have not yet formed the brown head and peeled the bottom part of the stem and discovered a snow white  inner stalk that is delicious.  Haven't yet tried cooking any but  I hope to treat them like asparagus and lightly steam and ( Read more... )