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| black locust blossom in bloom |
- Black Locust Blossoms
- Stinging Nettles
- Cattail Pollen
- Lamb's Quarters
- Autumn-olive
- Sumac-ade
- Black Walnut
- Wild Rice
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Key Questions to Ask About Edible Wild Plants
1.
Location—Where
will I find the plant and when will it be in season?
2.
Identification—How
can I recognize it? Are there plants that look similar?
3.
Harvest—What
parts do I gather? How do I know if they’re
ripe? How do I gather safely and sustainably?
4.
Processing—What
do I do to turn the plant into food?
5.
Preparation—How
do I prepare it so that it tastes good?
Great Sources for Information on Wild Edible Plants
Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide.
Foster, Steven and Roger Caras. Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants.
Houghton Mifflin. 1994.
Thayer, Samuel. The Forager’s Harvest. Forager’s Harvest. 2006.
Thayer, Samuel. Nature’s Garden. Forager’s Harvest. 2010.
Peterson, Lee. Edible Wild Plants. Houghton Mifflin. 1977.
Kallas, John. Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods from Dirt to Plate.
Gibbs Smith. 2010.
Elpel, Thomas. Botany in a Day. HOPS Press. 2001.
Haines, Arthur. Ancestral Plants. Anaskimin. 2010