Yellow clover has killed livestock when molded leaves were mixed with their hay. It produces coumarins when wilted or molding. So I avoid it, although technically it is edible.
Young pokeweed plant. Shoots must be cooked in three changes of boiling water before eating. Highly nutritious.
Wild lettuce bolting. Only the tiny leaves in the center of the top are good at this stage.
Young, green crabapples
Japanese honeysuckle. Heavenly smelling noxious weed. Can make tea from blossoms.
Another wild strawberries photo. They are so photogenic!
These photos were taken Friday, Saturday and today.
They are not intended to be a tutorial — just to share with others who love finding wild edible plants as much as I do.
Tender, juicy greenbrier shoot
Tender, sweet bullbriar shoot
Tender, mild baby bullbriar leaves
Young lowbush blueberries...goodness to come!
Baby sassafras tree
I no longer harvest white clover due to its potential for developing coumarins when wilted or beginning to spoil.
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