Here is the unbelievable list of 70 different wild edibles that the share members enjoyed this year, from the beginning of April through the end of August.

The list includes 8 different kinds of mushrooms (yellow morels, half free morels, dryad’s saddle, reishi, oyster, giant puffball, chicken mushroom and chanterelles) and many fruits and berries including mulberries, serviceberry, black raspberry, cornelian cherries, elderberries and hawthorns.

What an amazing experience it was not only for all of us to be eating these incredible wild foods every week, but for us to find and gather the edibles for this small group of peoples to enjoy was an unforgettable experience. I thank each and every one of the members, and also YOU the readers, for keeping us on track in this journey. When I missed a week of blogging it was not the members who asked where the newsletter was, but you readers, who followed week by week what sorts of edibles we were finding and what recipes we were sharing. So thank you all, from the bottom of my heart.

1. Dryad’s Saddle mushroom



Dryad’s saddle

2. Yellow morel mushrooms



Yellow Morel Mushroom

3. Half-free morels mushrooms



half free morel mushrooms

4. Dried Reishi mushrooms



Dried Reishi (Ganoderma tsugae)

5. Nettles



nettles

6. Deadnettles/purple archangel



Lamium purpureum, purple deadnettle

7. Garlic Mustard



Garlic Mustard

8. Onion Grass



onion grass

9. onion grass bulbs

10. Creeping Charlie



creeping charlie, aka ground ivy

11. broad leaf dock

12. yellow dock

13. cleavers

14. violet flowers



violet

15. Japanese knotweed



Japanese Knotweed

16. violet leaves



violet flowers and leaves - high in vitamin C

17. cattail stalks



last year's cat tails, the new shoots are just starting

18. cattail flowers



young cattail flower with both male (above) and female (below) still intact

19. chickweed



chickweed

20. wild mint

21. peppermint

22. apple mint

23. lemon balm

24. catnip

25. ramps



ramps

26. trout lily leaves



trout lily

27. burdock leaf stalks



Burdock

28. red clover flowers and leaves



red clover leaves and flowers

29. black locust flowers



black locust flowers

30. white clover flowers

31. white clover leaves

32. burdock root

33. plantain leaves



Plantain

34. wild carrots

35. day lily tubers



Day Lily tubers

36. chicory leaves

37. chicory root

38. black mulberries



ripe white and purple mulberries

39. white mulberries

40. serviceberries/June berries



serviceberries, aka juneberries

41. mugwort

42. comfrey leaves

43. purslane



purslane

44. mallow

45. quickweed

46. wood sorrel

47. lady’s thumb

48. lambs quarters

49. day lily buds

50. milk weed buds

51. yellow dock seeds



yellow dock seeds still on stalk

52. black raspberries



black raspberries

53. chicken mushroom



chicken mushroom, Laetiporus sulfureus

54. sassafras twigs

55. staghorn sumac



Sumac tree in bloom with foliage - not how it looks right now!

56. wild garlic flowers

57. amaranth greens

58. peppergrass

59. wild grape leaves

60. wild apples

61. cornelian cherries



cornelian cherries

62. oyster mushrooms

63. giant puffball mushroom

64. chanterelle mushrooms



chanterelles

65. elderberries



elderberries

66. spice bush twigs and leaves

67. hawthorn berries



hawthorn berries, or haws

68. dandelion greens



Dandelion Leaves

69. crab apple



crab apples

70. spice bush berries



spice bush berries

I have lots more to share with you about what I did (and am continuing to do) with all these yummy edibles! You can also check our CSF newsletters for ideas and recipes!

Thanks so much for following along! We had a blast doing this and learned so much! I don’t think we’ll be offering this again next year, but we do have a lot in store for next year, including many more educational opportunities such as walks and workshops. So definitely stay tuned for that!

Plus, we are not finished talking about all the amazing ways we are using this year’s bounty! Did you read the about what we did with the hawthorn? Plus our shrub and soda making adventures have only just begun! The crabapple hawthorn soda was amazing, and we’ll be putting up more of that for sure.

Have a great fall! And keep an eye out, we should be offering walks at the end of September. There are still lots of edibles around. Make sure you sign up for our mailing list (green box, upper and lower right margin) to be informed of all our walks and keep up to date with all our offerings.

Thanks again!

Melissa and Dave