What garden plants, weeds, flowers and berries can be eaten?

There are many. I will assume you know what veggies you can eat so here are some plants: Dandelion (early greens in salad, blooms for wine) common woodsorrel (minty flavor for salads or add to tea. Mustard greens. Violets and Angelica can be candied. Ostrich, bracken fern heads. These needs to be picked when just emerging. Wild onion...use like regular onion. Nasturtiums...add to salads. Elderberry heads...fritters. Elderberry berries cannot be eaten raw but can be made into jelly and pies. Curly dock can be cooked like spinach. Purslane can be added to salad or steamed. Amaranth can be made into flour. Cattails...the whole plant is edible. I would need a whole book to give you the uses of cattails. Wild mint...use in salads, drinks or in candy recipes. Wild raspberries and strawberries and blueberries can all be eaten. The ripe fruit of the MayApple can be eaten. The ripe fruit of ground cherries can be eaten. Jerusalem artichokes...the tuber is similar to a potato but doesnt taste as good. Sunflowers...dry and eat the seeds.


These are just a few. If you want a really good book on the subject obtain a copy of Abundantly Wild.

What garden plants, weeds, flowers and berries can be eaten?
Amen. I am adding more things this year. Get Abundantly Wild. The best book I have read on the subject. Report It

Reply:This is difficult to answer because you do not say where you are, so I don't know if you are in Florida, Maine, or Indonesia. It is also a difficult question because you must be able to absolutely identify a plant, or else you risk your life.





Dandelions are probably the most common easily eaten weeds. Clover is edible and abundant through most of the United States. Many, many other plants. You need to study up and get a mentor to learn to positively identify them. Your local college should have some sort of course on native plant identification.





And there are many, many berries, most of which are edible.





I recommend these great books about edible and useful wild plants in the North American West:





- Charlotte ringle Clarke: "Edible and Useful Plants of California"


- Janice J. Schofield: "Discovering Wild Plants: Alaska, Western Canada, the Northwest"

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