Winter Foraging ?

[pitdog]

With the colder weather approaching I have noticed already that wild edibles are getting thin on the ground.

What wild edibles do you find/use during the colder months ?

One of the most abundant foods in Winter has to be the cambium layer of trees, has anyone eaten this or used it to make flour etc ?

 

[Ferrousknight]

Cambium is preferably used in early spring when the sap starts flowing again, but can be used in the winter.

And this is why people preserve food en masse, because a meal is hard to come by in the middle of winter. I've heard that chickweed will often continue to grow under snow if you know where to look for it.

Tubers and roots are at their prime, again, assuming you know where to look for them. Dig that burdock now, before the ground freezes. Cattail roots similarly. Acorns might still be accessible, at least for now. Persimmons should be nearing their prime if there are any trees near you.

In central jersey, it's been 50F-70F still and rainy. Chicken mushrooms are out in force. White oak acorns are dropping. There are still the occasional grapes available, but they are very sour from the dry summer. I think some purslane is coming up where we cleared out vegetable beds.

 

[kvaughn]

Garlic mustard and wid onions can be found almost year round here.--KV