Wild food
By peavey
@peavey (16936)
United States
April 21, 2008 12:13pm CST
There should be a section just for wild food... I wonder why there isn't any more interest in it?
Anyway, I discovered that the lambsquarter is coming up already at the edge of my garden. The dandelions are ready to pick. I get purslane, wild amaranth and wild salsify from my backyard later in the season.
Does anyone else pick wild food from their backyard? Or somewhere else?
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2 responses
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
19 May 08
There are now two sections: Wild food and gathering - for your delight.
Yes, I have all kinds of wild food. Plantain, fiddle head ferns, blackberries, yellow dock, etc.
I have started lots of topics on foraging. I took classes for three years. Take care
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
20 May 08
By the way, thanks for all your responses, you're a pretty cool responder!
@teka44 (3420)
• Brazil
22 Apr 08
Hi peavey. Unluckily not. I live in apartment and can have only flowerpots with my plants. But I love flowers and plants and my dream is to live in a house with a big garden. Well, maybe someday. Meantime you can go to "herbal medicines" interests here in mylot and talk about many herbs and plants like I'm already do.
cheers 
@peavey (16936)
• United States
22 Apr 08
You can find wild food anywhere, it doesn't matter where you live. Last year, I saw purslane growing along the south side of the sidewalk by the post office. I wouldn't it it from there (it had been stepped on and heaven only knows what else was on it), but it shouldn't be that hard to find it in a more protected area.
Herbs and herbal medicines are interesting, and I do use them, but they're not the same as wild foods at all.
