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Episode-511- Ten Wild Edibles to Consider Planting on or Around Your Property [ 1:04:37 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today it is time for a bit of a change up, we haven’t discussed either foraging or gardening/permaculture in depth for quite a wile, so why not today.  Looking to make things interesting though I decided that today was a good day to come up with 10 edibles that you can find in the wild through out much of the country, in fact I bet you can find a few in any of the lower 48 easily enough if you get out and look for them.

These ten plants have more than availability and edibility going for them though.  They all also offer nutrition, ease of growing, ease of cultivation and can be grown mostly unseen in either a back yard or on a back 40.  These crops are crops your can largely get going and forget, once established most will always be there if you need them.  They are all either native to the US or highly adapted aliens that are now so common in the US we need to start calling them naturalized vs. alien.

Join me today as we discuss

• Reasons to Plant “Weeds”
  • Covert food
  • Easy to grow
  • Self propagating
  • Highly adapted
  • Good to eat
  • Learn Positive ID
• Ten Great Candidates for Back Yard Cultivation
  • Aronia – (Plant Source)
  • Chickweed – (Seed Source)
  • Ground Cherry- (Seed Source)
  • Ground Nut- (Tuber Source)
  • Purslane- (Seed Source)
  • May Pop- (Plant Source)
  • Miner’s Lettuce- (Seed Source)
  • Sorrel- (Seed Source)
  • Sumac – (Seed Source)

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• Members Support Brigade
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• Safecastle Royal – (sponsor of the day)
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• Green Dene of Eat the Weeds – Website – Youtube Channel
• One Year Anniversary Show
• Ron Hood’s Survival.com Magazine

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