What did I just eat?

John G

John G

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Okay, so I'm working on my wild edible ID skills. Took some pics of some suspicious-looking characters. Can anybody help a fella out?

The flower on this looks like some sort of Violet, but the leaves don't quite match the pics in my book.
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And no, I didn't actually eat any unidentified plants! ;)
 
Here's another one, some kinds of wild field mustard, methinks. That, or something completely different. :confused:

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Heart-shaped leaves, just like it says in the book.
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And last but not least, this looks like the strawberry plant I found a few days back.:)

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Dang, time to clean my knife! :D
 
The first picture looks like Myrtle, which is a low ground cover. It is also known as Periwinkle. Here is a link:

http://classygroundcovers.com/item-...ots-3-1-2-in-}-Large-Big-Leaf-Periwinkle--246

I have it growing in several spots in my yard. Not sure of the edible factor, though.

Not sure of the middle pictures, but the last one does look like a wild strawberry plant. I planted some of that as ground cover for one of my gardens, with the added bonus of free strawberries.
 
2nd is definitely garlic mustard, smell it to be sure. It's an invasive species that should be eradicated.
 
Garlic Mustard. Nice! Thanks Tonym, npueppke. I'm going to see what I can make with it. I'll harvest some either later today or tomorrow.

Wiki says: "The leaves, flowers and fruit are edible as food for humans, and are best when young. They have a mild flavour of both garlic and mustard, and are used in salads and pesto. They were once used as medicine."
 
Great post, keeping up with a small trend of the wild edibles factor as of late. Thanks for sharing the pics, as this is definitely a skill I need to improve on. :thumbup:
 
My wife and I were driving over the pass to Hwy 30 a few weeks ago and there are signs everywhere about garlic mustard. We stopped and grabbed one of the fliers and it says it's a highly invasive plant and they want people to pull them out whenever they run across it.:eek:
 
My wife and I spent the better part of the day cutting and pulling garlic mustard from every nook and cranny of our yard. My mother-in-law could smell garlic from across the road during the height of the cutting.
 
Well, we had salads with the garlic mustard, lettuce, mushrooms, wild onion, and radishes. A little cheap steak and some Saranac vanilla Stout, and it was a fantastic meal!
 
Great stuff John! Do that twice a week. Put the money you save on not buying food away. Soon you can buy a new knife with it!!
 
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