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Radish, Mustard’s Wild Rough Cousin
Field of wild radish near Tarpon Springs, Florida in January Raphanus Raphanistrum: Radical Radish Flowers are cross-shaped The Wild Radish has an identity problem. It looks similar to it’s equally...
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Buttercups
Ranunculus abortivus, our local buttercup in Florida. Buttercups are usually considered not edible. In fact, I think they were the first plant I learned not to eat when I was just a few years old. Of...
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Chokeberry: Bushy Health Food
The bitter but edible berries of the Aronia Melanocarpa. Photo by Green Deane It’s a long ways from the mountains of Maine down the Appalachian Trail to the mountains of western North Carolina. It is...
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Roses
Roses have the classic five petals. Photo by Green Deane I’m not sure I found wild roses or they found me. Growing up in Maine the local soil was usually either ground-up glacial sand or clay which is...
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Nasturtiums: Nature’s Nose Nabber
Nasturtiums are originally from Peru. Photo by Green Deane Nasturtiums: Peppery Peruvian Natives Naturalized garden plant Do the peppery Nasturtiums make your nose twitch? Then you know how they got...
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Tansy Mustard, Western
Western Tansy Mustard. Photo by Green Deane Descurainia pinnata: Abandoned Seed What shall we call this little member of the Brassica family? Western Tansy Mustard or Tansy Mustard? We could always opt...
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Chicory History
Chicory’s pale blue blosoms are also edible. Cichorium intybus: Burned to a Crisp Chicory was not a common plant where I grew up or where I’ve lived for 41 years. But I remember the first time I saw...
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A Rose Apple By Any Other Name
Fruits in the Syzygium genus come in make different shapes and sizes. The apple is in the Rose family but the Rose Apple is not though it can sometime taste like rose water… and watermelon… but not...
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Candlestick Tree
The Candlestick fruit is edible, most often it is pickled or eaten raw. If you are meandering through a botanical garden in a warm climate and you see a tree growing four-foot-long candles it might be...
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Sedum: Stonecrop
Sedum with mild flavored leaves. Photo by Green Deane Confessions of forager: In a general sense I have known for many years that “Stonecrops” were edible. I avoided them as they were usually...
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