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From the lens Top 10 Edible Plants in Your Yard (and beyond).

Have favorite foraging plants of your own that you think should be on the list? Let me know!
Got some good recipes for wild edibles? I'd love to try them!
Inspired by what you saw here to venture out into the wilds of your yard, field guide in hand? I'd love to hear about it!

  • Anne in NJ. Apr 6, 2010 @ 9:25 pm | delete
    Thank you so much. I love gathering wild edibles. I teach environmental ed at a nature center. With some of my older students I teach survival skills and love to refresh my skills each spring. Glad I did. I have purslane growing between the patio cracks at my home. I can't wait to try it. I love your choices. Interesting that you didn't include rose hips. They are not only nutritions, (three berries has as much vitamin c as an orange) but they are delicious. They are commonly used in Vitamin C tablets and Earle Grey tea. My fave!
  • JustSmile64 Mar 29, 2010 @ 7:47 pm | delete
    Fabulous lens! In these days of factory farming and artificiality in our foods, it's great to that we can be self-sufficient by feeding ourselves good, healthy and free food.
  • _Joan_ Aug 9, 2009 @ 12:21 am | delete
    Great lens! I'm lensrolling you!
  • Adam from the CoastRange Mar 1, 2009 @ 2:19 am | delete
    I have had the pleasure of taking classes with Julie and Eddie at Practical Primitive. They really know thier stuff. What is great about the 10 plants she covers here is that some of them can be found just about anywhere in North America and even Europe so no reason you shouldn't be able to find some or all near you. I like to pull the weeds from my garden and eat them. Dandelions, thistles, sheep sorrel, and so on. You get a double harvest that way. Dandelion flowers for those who like stir fry are a great treat when added in with other colorfull things and a dash of Tai sweet chilly sauce. Anyway thanks Julie for the great breakdown on the back yard foraging scene.
  • burntchestnut Feb 6, 2009 @ 5:55 pm | delete
    Great information. Thanks for putting it together.
  • KadabaCo Jan 27, 2009 @ 11:58 pm | delete
    Awesome Lens! 5*'s! I've been looking for a local class (Cali) to teach me about foraging foods in my local area, looks like I'll have to get a book to learn to identify them myself. Thanks for the recommendations! Also, for a beginner like me, I need photos, would you add a flickr photo album of different types of edible plants? That would be great!
  • paperfacets Oct 20, 2008 @ 9:53 pm | delete
    5* lens.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Jun 7, 2008 @ 8:13 am | delete
    I love eating Dandylions in the spring. Welcome to A Walk in the Woods.
  • stargazer00 May 20, 2008 @ 8:45 am | delete
    A lens with timely content in this day of rising food prices. Nice lens!
  • francisco May 12, 2008 @ 8:21 pm | delete
    amazing, amazing, amazing! tell me whats better than healthy, tasty, and of course, free food! nothing! this guide is amazing julie and positively the 10 most easy to identify plants in a suburban/urban/rural environment in the US.

    I have managed to do 8/10 in two months just here and there after work. For anyone thinking they don't have the time for this I'll tell you this right now - your dead wrong! In fact, you are making the time for them right now...walking to your car, getting the mail, driving on the road...you just don't know how to see them yet! Once you have identified the plant...you say...oh my god! they are everywhere!

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