AMC’s first edible plants foray - May 8, 2010

Saturday May 8th marked AMC’s first ever wild edible foray for other than fungi. Twenty-six folks gathered to forage for edible plants. The foray was led by Terri Herrlein and me, Steve Peek.

Terri & I suggested this foray at the winter planning meeting. We believe a large number of our membership is interested in edibles in general as well as fungi specifically. The number of attendees suggests we were correct.

A short foray to the nearby soccer field edge yielded numerous wild edibles. Dandelion, garlic mustard, chickweed, plantains, sorrel, curly dock, lamb’s quarter and others made the edibles list and were gathered by many. Several plants from the wild pharmacy were gathered as well. Although we barely scratched the surface of the dozens of edibles available, the group was eager to learn and took samples for tasting and further study.

Terri and I will continue to encourage others to “Eat you weeds” by pointing out other edibles during future forays.