EatTheWeeds.com

[JohnUbele]

This site is a great resource for people who are looking to learn about wild edible plants:

https://www.eattheweeds.com/

I actually was able to go on a group tour with the owner of the site. The tour was back in November of 2009. On that tour Green Deane showed us over 30 edible wild plants. Most of the plants he profiles on his website and his Youtube channel only grow in Florida or in the Southeast US, but some of the plants he profiles do grow in other areas of the country. One example of these plants I can give is Apios Americana.

If you happen to live in Florida or live close to Florida I would recommend you try and take one of Green Deane's wild edible plant tours. I think people will find his tours to be well worth the cost of them.

[JohnUbele]

This is a really good book to get a hold of:

The Forager's Harvest
http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Ed ... arvest.htm

[JohnUbele]

Here's a page about Apios Americana:

Groundnuts: Anti-Cancer Treat
https://www.eattheweeds.com/groundnuts- ... cer-treat/

[JohnUbele]

This is a good one to learn about:

Cattails – A Survival Dinner

"...The United States almost won WWII with cattails.

No green plant produces more edible starch per acre than the Cat O’ Nine Tails; not potatoes, rice, taros or yams. Plans were underway to feed American soldiers with that starch when WWII stopped. Lichen, not a green plant, might produce more carbs per acre. One acre of cattails can produce 6,475 pounds of flour per year on average (Harrington 1972)..."

Source:
https://www.eattheweeds.com/cattails-a-survival-dinner/

[JohnUbele]

The list on this page would be good to copy and save:

Wild Edible Plants
https://permaculturegrower.wordpress.co ... le-plants/

[JohnUbele]

This is a very good plant to get and grow. It's very easy to care for and I would say quite drought tolerant. I've found this plant in so many places around Florida and I even found it growing in Northwest Montana. I've also found it growing in several cities around Iran:


Purslane: Omega 3 Fatty Weed

"...Regardless of what one calls it, purslane contains more omega 3 fatty acids than any other plant source in the solar system, and an extraordinary amount for a plant, some 8.5 mg for every gram of weight. It has vitamin A, B, C and E — six times more E than spinach — beta carotene — seven times more of that than carrots — magnesium, calcium, potassium, folate, lithium — keep you sane — iron and is 2.5% protein.

Two pigments, one in the leaves and one in the yellow blossoms, have been proven anti-mutagenic in lab studies, meaning they help keep human cells from mutating, which is how cancer gets started. And you get all that for about 15 calories per 100 gram (three ounce) serving. As a mild diuretic, it might even lower your blood pressure as well. Mexicans call it Verdolagao and its name in Malawi translates politely as “buttocks of the chief’s wife”, a possible reference to the plump leaves..."

https://www.eattheweeds.com/purslane-om ... atty-weed/


Eat The Weeds: Episode 91: Purslane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tw8DcGAGmo

[JohnUbele]

Wild Edible Plant Foraging Classes (Florida)
https://www.eattheweeds.com/classes/

[JohnUbele]

DANDELIONS: HEAR THEM ROAR

"...Dandelions and I go back a long ways, some 62 years.

When I was young in Maine my mother would hand me a knife and a paper bag and send me out to find dandelions for supper, not only in your yard but in the pasture across the street. My step-father liked the bitter green so I picked them often. What is most interesting to me about collecting them is how things have changed since then.

First, it was a big sharp knife. How many mother’s trust their six-year olds with large, sharp knives now? Then I left the immediate area and went wandering around country fields alone. Those two things by themselves are now worth social services intervention, a trespassing charge, probably counseling, drug therapy and several local newspaper articles about the potential of child kidnapping. Then again, I was armed with a knife and always came home with a bagful of dandelions which brings up another point: The fields were not polluted and an abundance of wild edibles grew there.

In fact, wild strawberries and checkerberries (wintergreen) grew in the same places in the spring. Heck, I was full of dessert before I came home for supper. There was also a large Hawthorn tree with three-inch thorns and edible fruit. I remember noticing how different species of birds liked to nest there. I inferred the thorns dissuaded would-be predators except perhaps for tree-climbing snakes..."

Source:
https://www.eattheweeds.com/dandelions-hear-them-roar/

[JohnUbele]

Source:
https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/dandelion-greens/