Wild edible roots and tubers can form the basis for a wild foods diet, providing more calories and nutrition than a few wild foraged weeds.
Mugwort is an edible and medicinal plant that has many uses. Foraging for mugwort is easy and fun, and it grows almost everywhere!
Bunchberries (Cornus canadensis) are an easy to identify wild edible berry with a number of uses (beyond fresh eating). Their sweet flavor, combined with a high pectin content makes them the …
Yarrow is one of the most beneficial wild plants that there is. Foraging yarrow is easy, you might even have some in your own backyard!
Midwest Medicinal Plants is an indispensable guide to finding, identifying, and using the wild medicinal plants of the heartland.
Did you know that wild violets are both edible and medicinal? Not only beautiful in salads and on desserts, wild violets may be used for coughs, inflammation, and more. Learn more about foraging and using wild violets. #foraging #ediblewildplant
Getting your daily bread can be tricky if you're out foraging. There are a number of wild plants that can be used as a wild foraged flour substitute, which will help stretch your food stores
Wild sumac is found in the Midwest this time of year. Here's how to forage for it and use it in your cooking.
Sumac berries are an essential spice in my kitchen. It also makes an excellent beverage, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic.
Compiled by Yolanda Bertaud Just a small list of wild edible weeds that we may encounter in our everyday environment without ever knowing the benefits and nutrition these wonderful plants provide. …
Goldenrod is an underappreciated plant that you may find popping up in your garden as well as in many wild places. Often mistaken for ragweed, the goldenrod plant has many medicinal properties and a mild,
It's that time of year to go foraging for blackberries, the ultimate plant for beginning foragers with tasty berries and medicinal leaves.
Compiled by Yolanda Bertaud Just a small list of wild edible weeds that we may encounter in our everyday environment without ever knowing the benefits and nutrition these wonderful plants provide. …
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) is a stunning tree with pink flowers each spring, but it also happens to be both edible and medicinal. This native tree can be found in the wild, but it's also
Velvet leaf (Abutilon theophrasti) is a common invasive weed with edible seeds and leaves. Find out about identifying and using velvetleaf plant. #foraging
Scientific Name(s): Monarda fistulosa Abundance: uncommon What: flower How: tea; flavoring Where: shady, moist areas When: late spring, summer, early fall Nutritional Value: unknown Dangers: bees love these flowers Medicinal Summary: Flowers/Leaves/Stem - soothes irritated skin; antibacterial; relieves indigestion; sweat inducer; stimulant; diuretic; helps pass kidney stones; pain reliever; expectorant; headache reducer; soothes sore throat (poultice, tisane) Leaf Arrangement: Leaves are arranged opposite-alternating along the stem. Two leaves will be directly opposite one another, but the leaf pairs above and below will be rotated 90 degrees around the stem. Leaf Shape: The leaves are lanceolate to ovate, measuring 2 to 4 inches in length and 0.5 to 2 inches in width. Leaf Venation: Pinnate venation is observed, with prominent veins running parallel to each other. Leaf Margin: The leaf margin is toothed, with small serrations along the edges. Leaf Color: The leaves exhibit a medium green coloration. Flower Structure: Flowers are tubular in shape and are arranged in dense, terminal, spherical clusters known as inflorescences. Flower Color: The flowers display lavender to pink-purple coloring. Fruit: The fruit consists of small nutlets, but it is not often a significant feature for identification. Seed: Small and irregularly shaped seeds are present but are not typically used for identification. Stem: The stem is square-shaped and its color can vary from green to purple. Hairs: Fine hairs can be found on the stem and sometimes on the leaves of this plant. Height: Monarda fistulosa typically reaches a height of 2 to 4 feet. Wild Bergamot flowers. Texas distribution, attributed to U.S. Department of Agriculture. The marked counties are guidelines only. Plants may appear in other counties, especially if used in landscaping. North American distribution, attributed to U.S. Department of Agriculture. Stands of wild bergamot flowers dot the Texas countryside during summer. They prefer shade and moist soil so look for them under trees along drainage ditches and near ponds. What looks like a single big flower is actually a cluster of many long, tubular flowers...usually swarming with bees! Being a mint, they have the mint family's square, hollow stem and opposite-alternating leaves. The flower makes a great tea with a sweet, herbal flavor similar to its smell. The flowers can be dried for later use but I prefer them fresh off the plant. A tincture (alcohol extract) made from wild bergamot is supposedly an excellent oral treatment for yeast infections. It also is used medicinally in the same manner as other mints. When smoked it SUPPOSEDLY delivers the antibiotics directly to the lungs to fight lung infections but I can't confirm this. Buy my book! Outdoor Adventure Guides Foraging covers 70 of North America's tastiest and easy to find wild edibles shown with the same big pictures as here on the Foraging Texas website.
Juniper trees are fairly common and easy to forage. Learn more about foraging for juniper berries and how to use them for food and medicine!
Have you ever run across what looked like hops while hiking deep in the woods? Actual hops are a vine that require a good bit of sunlight, but hop hornbeam is an understory tree that produces…
Pineapple weed, also known as wild chamomile, is easy to forage for. It is a common plant that is edible and had many medicinal benefits!
From SAVEUR Issue #138 The first foraged food I ever ate was wild garlic. The allium grew at random in the courtyard of my mother's apartment building in Flushing, Queens, and as a kid, I used to pull the plant out of the ground and eat it raw; it reminded me of the scallions my Chinese grandmother used so liberally in her cooking.Keep reading »
This recipe for pine bark bread comes from Sweden and uses the outer bark of a pine tree ground into a fine flour. The resulting bread is more like what most people would consider crackers.
Plantain has a long history of use as a healing plant, often called nature's band-aid. Here’s everything you need to know about foraging and using plantain!
The goldenrod plant, also known as solidago, blooms in the late summer and early fall with yellow flowers, and is also edible and medicinal.
Make the most of common yard weeds by using white clover for food and medicine with these easy tips and recipes.
Health benefits of rose hips
Compiled by Yolanda Bertaud Just a small list of wild edible weeds that we may encounter in our everyday environment without ever knowing the benefits and nutrition these wonderful plants provide. …
Learn about the characteristics & nutritional composition of narrowleaf plantain (Plantago lanceolata) and prepare our delicious narrowleaf plantain hummus recipe.
A simple green borscht made with cow parsnip leaves. A combination of other wild greens like sorrel and nettles can also be used. Some recipes also add a pinch of caraway. Serves 6
Velvet leaf (Abutilon theophrasti) is a common invasive weed with edible seeds and leaves. Find out about identifying and using velvetleaf plant. #foraging
Foraging is a year-round source of food and fun, no matter where you live. Our ancestors didn't have the luxury of taking the winter off from food gathering, they just had to get more creative.
Compiled by Yolanda Bertaud Just a small list of wild edible weeds that we may encounter in our everyday environment without ever knowing the benefits and nutrition these wonderful plants provide. …
Flour made from wild plants existed long before agriculture, and many of them have a lot more flavor and nutrition than storebought flour.
Compiled by Yolanda Bertaud Just a small list of wild edible weeds that we may encounter in our everyday environment without ever knowing the benefits and nutrition these wonderful plants provide. …
Plantain has a long history of use as a healing plant, often called nature's band-aid. Here’s everything you need to know about foraging and using plantain!
Reishi mushrooms are one of the easiest mushrooms to identify, and a great place to start for beginning mushroom foragers. They have no poisonous look-alikes, so they’re relatively safe as well. Though reishi are generally
If you plan to bring kids along on any wild foraging adventures don't miss these best foraging books for kids!
Learn how to harvest chicory seeds, from the wild chicory plant, and introduce these wildflowers into your garden space.
A while back I took a winter foraging course at our local herbal school, and I was truly amazed at how many ways you can eat a pine tree. Most conifers are not only edible,
Lisa Rose was smiling when she handed me a leaf and asked if I wanted to taste it, humorously questioning whether I was brave enough to eat it. It was long and green with serrated edges, plucked off a nettle...
