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\u00a0At this time of year especially, I try to take advantage of the nutritious foods growing freely in the area around my house.\u00a0 This can include the yard, fields, woods, or even the trees across the road in my neighbor’s yard.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0When my sister an I first started working with herbs, we went to an herbal potluck.\u00a0 A salad filled with violets and pansies stole the show for us, and it started me on my way.\u00a0 That fall I found Billy Joe Tatum’s wild food cookbook – and foraging became a part of life.\u00a0 Maryanne isn’t as keen on wild plant foods as I am, but she tries some of them.<\/p>\n

Today I took the mail out to the mailbox, and got a handful of redbuds from the tree nearby.\u00a0 Then I swerved over for some violets, a grape hyacinth spike, and a dandelion.\u00a0 Although I had a “normal” salad all mixed up in the fridge, there were still lots of wild greens waiting.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Then there were the 2 spears of asparagus that broke ground over the weekend, and they deserved to be celebrated in just such a beautiful salad.\u00a0 Nearby a bunch of wild onions grew along with small dandelion leaves.\u00a0 There are also some small horseradish leaves up, and they are delicious, but they were left behind for something requiring that heat.\u00a0 Raspberry leaves called to be included.<\/p>\n

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I added some chicken (use your protein of choice) and made it a complete meal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If there was no salad waiting for embellishment inside, other greens could easily have been added.\u00a0 More chickweed, garlic mustard, and dandy leaves for starters, and then things like wild mustard, dead nettle, and plantain – among many others.\u00a0 Depending on where you live, there are other good greens to try.\u00a0 We don’t have miner’s lettuce here, but I’d love to try it, and as the summer rolls in there will be others.\u00a0 In fall, we can add some roots, too.<\/p>\n

Give it a try.\u00a0 Just one or two at a time will give you the idea!\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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