More Than What You Think of as Edible!

 

It is incredibly fun to forage in the yard and around in the garden for a meal. More than what you think in your yard is edible, more than what I know of out there is edible. Everyday I seem to learn about something new out there that can be eaten.  

We eat our weeds, my husband likes to tell people "we take our revenge out on the weeds by eating them. " I remember a time when we would pull up every weed muttering curses at the birds that spread the seeds in the yard. Now I find my self purposefully not pulling every weed and making a mental note of where to go in the yard the next time I am foraging for a salad.  

Weeds in our yard that we eat:

Dandelions

Lambs Quarters 

Purslane

Flowers in our yard that we eat:

Dandelion

Nasturtiums

Squash 

Chive (Ten times stronger and only good before they dry on the stem)

The other part of the Garden you can eat:

Carrot tops (preferably when they are still young and tender)

Broccoli Leaves

Beet tops (preferably while young and tender)

Grape Leaves

Truth be told not everything that is foraged and edible taste good. Some definitely fall into the bitter herb category. And there are certain ones that I will never throw into a smoothie again. I love green smoothies, but sometimes that "green flavor"  can be a little too green. 

They say there are people who go to bed hungry while there is a whole meal in their backyard.