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3/10/2013

Practical wild edible plants in abundance locally

You frequently hear about wild edible plants, you might have even gone through the trouble of reading up on some of them. What you might have noticed is most of them are plants you've never heard of before and/or seen in the wild before.

So what i wanted to know was which plants grow abundantly in my neck of the woods? Here's my list.

  • Wild Blackberries
  • Mulberry
  • Pecan - Nov - Dec
  • Muscadine
  • Wild Strawberry
  • Black Walnut
  • Hickory
  • Wild Onion
  • Dandelions - roots, leaves, and flower are edible. Can be harvested year round
  • White Oak Acorns - Sep - Oct
  • Cattails
  • Clovers
  • Dead Nettle
  • Sassafras
  • Daylily


3/01/2013

Quote

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow" - Audrey Hepburn