Wild carrot, burdock, pawpaw tree, milkweed - edible species in the Carolinian Food Forest7/2/2016
Jessica started the walk by talking about responsible foraging and harvesting food in the wild. In fact, we can forage in the Carolinian Food Forest but we should do it responsibly, both with respect to the plants as well as ourselves.
During the walk, Jessica identified edible species such as plantain herb, wild carrot, pawpaw tree (a tropical tree but native here), and burdock a biennial plant that we also tasted, but it is only edible in the first year. We tasted wild garlic (fantastic!) and milkweed as well. Milkweed flowers are edible while they are small and firm, but toxic for humans when big and soft. Monarch butterflies like it either way, as it’s a food source they can’t live without. The Carolinian Food Forest is maintained by volunteers and you can join them to care for the forest. Visit londonfoodforest.blogspot.ca
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