What wild foods are in season where you are?

I wish I knew mushrooms, too. This seems like a good year for them!

White blow balls? Um... that doesn't sound very appetizing.

I would only gather the seeds to grow indoors during winter if I gathered them. That's why I said, like hers, mine are going by. But some people have wonderful rooms where they can grow tame and wild food in the summer. I'm not so lucky. I know others who have a tame food garden and a wild one. They move the wild edibles to one garden and grow what they want in the tame garden. I need more space to make that work. Life is full of posibilities. Take care and thanks for letting me clarify.

I agree. It doesn't make sense to complain about the cost of food and then ignore what's right in front of us for free! :)

The water isn't bitter when you roast the roots and grind them like coffee. They're really good.

They're too old to eat here, now, too. I'm waiting until fall to dig the roots - they make a really good hot drink!

wow really? I just know the water will be so bitter when we put dandelion roots in it. Why hot drink?

I enjoy dandelions, too, and eat them in many ways. I also dig the root in the fall and dry it for "coffee." Can't wait until spring again!

Do you have Italian background?

You're right; I have no idea of what guineps are, but they sound good. :) If I could get out and dig them, dandelion roots are at their best right now for this area.

I think that generally speaking, areas that haven't been sprayed for weeds or pests (like farm ground) and places close to roadways where plants can pick up things from vehicle exhaust fumes, are the dangerous areas. Otherwise, it seems to be as safe or safer to pick wild food as to grow the domesticated kind. The flowers, bud and corms of daylilies are edible. You can sautee the buds in butter, fritter the flowers (even after their prime, so you can enjoy them, too)and use the corms like potatoes, but be careful to only eat a little at first, since the fiber content is very high and will likely give you intestinal distress if you overdo it. It's a delicious food, though!

How interesting! High fiber sounds good to me! Do you have any day lily pictures? Are there any similar plants that are not edible that can be confused with them? Would you happen to know if all ginger plants are created equal? My dad was clearing some ginger from the yard and he put a couple that had good roots in pots for me. The root looks like the ginger root in the store but I wonder...

I think I have some of those lillies in my yard. Unfortunately I will not be able to find out for sure this year because the plants were trampled by my brother and his children before they could bloom! I will have to wait until the leaves come up again, though I am thinking about transplanting the bulbs to a safer location or even a large pot. The lillies have been there for years but in the last decade or so they have suffered trememdously. Each time they have come back so I am hoping to see green coming up out of the ground very soon.

Apples are getting ready here, too, but we don't have many berries close by. They're in the mountains not far from here, though.