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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1038910 United States 07/17/2010 02:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have been trying to find someone who can teach me about edible plants. But no one or nothing in my area. Do you know where besides books? I prefer hands on. Mid south area. Quoting: stealth modeCedar is good. Also, if you have strong teeth, you may want to taste Teak. It is quite flavorful and has a nutty after-taste. For leafy greens, you can try freshly mowed lawn with any variety of healthy low fat salad dressings. And finally, if you are into the green renewable self-sustaining crap, cow manure is very nutritious and cuts down on your carbon footprint. Make sure you boil it first. It can be used to make vegetarian meat patties, vegetarian meat loaf, or as a potato stuffing. |
stealth mode (OP) User ID: 1014983 United States 07/17/2010 02:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think I will pass on manure...unless starving to death...maybe I'd eat someones yard first though! Lol But who knows...if starving, even the shingles on the house might look good? Seriously though...Manure? Manure patties? If the cow was gone I might not find the manure? Truth is stranger than fiction |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 913496 United States 07/17/2010 11:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to en.wikipedia.org] but the list is not complete. One edible exception that we have a ton of around here (NYC suburbs) is garlic mustard: [link to en.wikipedia.org] which used to be a food crop in Europe. It's rather spicy if eaten raw, but if stir fried it's sort of like broccoli rabe, somewhat spicier and tougher. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1020355 United States 07/17/2010 11:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | here is the link for the Recession proof your diet! lots of good stuff in there. Thread: Survivalist: Edible Wild Plants Foraging & Uses Info @ GLP |
[email protected]m User ID: 37504555 United States 04/06/2013 03:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm in Alabama and have compiled a lot of information about edible plants in my area. If you're in the same area, I can help you out, but if you're in Texas or Oklahoma, then our flora would be considerably different. Quoting: ZTE Please email me as I live in Central Alabama, Chilton County, and have just began this process....very interesting...eating out of my yard is quite fun! [email protected] Thanks. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 37564391 United States 04/06/2013 03:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Man, cedar is poisonous! Even bugs won't eat cedar or they die! Cedar chips are used in closets to keep moths from eating clothes. Are you trying to kill us? Shill? But the Native Americans do use it successfully for keeping evil spirits away. Burn like incense. If you have many cedar trees planted on your property, you won't have roaches and other pests. Plant vertiver or, sometimes called cusa grass around your house and you won't have termites. That's what the early Southern plantations did. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 8925069 United States 04/13/2013 12:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Did you know the beautiful blue flower chicory found along roadsides can be used as food? The root may be ground, first dried, and used as coffee. I am waiting for a photo to upload, I will post it as soon as I get it.:cro: [link to video.search.yahoo.com] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 8925069 United States 04/13/2013 01:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Another plant found everywhere in the country, just like chicory plant, is evening primrose. I have a photo downloading. The roots can be used as food, and also the leaves may be put in salads. Evening primrose is also medicinal. It is put into capsules and used for ms, multiple schelrosis. Alot of folks sing its praises. :epp: Again, this day and age, everyone should have a field guide. I have five. On the land I live on there are about ten plants one can live on...wild, I mean. |
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Fhirinne User ID: 17348671 United Kingdom 04/13/2013 01:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is perhaps one of the best sites I've found so far with: Alternative Food Crops, Alternative Fruits, Alternative Root Crops, Alternative Edible Leaves, Edible Flowers, Winter Salads, Staple seed crops from perennials, Vegetable Oils, Fruit: Food of the Gods, Green Gold - The Leaves of Life!, Useful Weeds, Annuals in the Perennial Garden. [link to www.pfaf.org] You are the CEO of your own wellness. You need to take back your health from the disease-care system |
chowan User ID: 37976186 United States 04/13/2013 01:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | that you can pretty easily learn that seem to grow everywhere and are not hard to identify. dandylions,cattails,blackberries,oak/acorns,wild rose/rose hips,prickly pear/nopal cactus,stinging nettle,pine trees do a search for Tom Brown wilderness schools if you need personal teaching or buy his books. I think he still runs wilderness schools? sheell be right mate |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 35298812 United States 04/13/2013 01:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have been learning too, and its not easy trying to compare the real plant to pictures. If you stick with it, and just constantly skim through your books with color photos of plants in your area, then as you go on hikes plants will begin to look recognizable. I will then pluck a branch and bring it home to look up, or bring my field guide on hikes. I found some wild elder trees and made an elderberry syrup this winter and no one in my family got sick. I just found I have a ton of Cleavers in my yard, they are spindly little plants that stick to you and are known to clean the lymphatic system and have been used as a cancer cure, besides being nutritious. Also, dandelions are very edible and very nutricious. I have wild violets too, in the yard, all parts edible. I went on a hike and found at least 10 different edible plant types in a mile. There's a lot out there, just keep at it. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 8925069 United States 04/13/2013 01:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have been learning too, and its not easy trying to compare the real plant to pictures. If you stick with it, and just constantly skim through your books with color photos of plants in your area, then as you go on hikes plants will begin to look recognizable. I will then pluck a branch and bring it home to look up, or bring my field guide on hikes. I found some wild elder trees and made an elderberry syrup this winter and no one in my family got sick. I just found I have a ton of Cleavers in my yard, they are spindly little plants that stick to you and are known to clean the lymphatic system and have been used as a cancer cure, besides being nutritious. Also, dandelions are very edible and very nutricious. I have wild violets too, in the yard, all parts edible. I went on a hike and found at least 10 different edible plant types in a mile. There's a lot out there, just keep at it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 35298812 Great post...:pjt: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 37980235 United States 04/13/2013 01:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm in the process of learning about wild edibles as well but it would be a lot faster to learn from or learn with another person. If anyone in the Detroit Metro Area wants to meet up and share some info or go on foraging hikes together send me an email at [email protected] Also for those in the area or want to learn more and be part of a special event.. check out the wild food weekend in North Carolina. I've registered and plan on attending. It's from April 26th to April 28th. [link to www.wildfoodadventures.com] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 8925069 United States 04/17/2013 12:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.wildmanstevebrill.com] The edible violet is good in the springtime...both flowers and young leaves. They are especially good on salads. :ckr: |
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