Harvesting ornamental & wild plants for food and other uses

[Curmudgeoness]

4. Adding lamb's quarter to a salad

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is tasty and a good source of vitamins and minerals. Also, at least here, garlic mustard is an invasive weed that is good in a salad too. I am sure there are other ways to eat these plants, but this is how I use them. I do not make salad with these as the only greens, I mix with lettuce...they have a much stronger taste. And as with many plants, they are only tasty when they are young and get bitter with age.

And can I add that you should not dismiss mushrooms. I have been foraging wild mushrooms for years, and I have studied them, made sure I knew what I had (even with spore prints), and avoided any plants with look-alikes that are dangerous or deadly.