Where To Find Cleavers?I find this plant all over the edges of wet dark forests in South Dakota and Minnesota. When to Find It?Early spring. How to Identify?This plant has a unique look with a square stem and long length between the whorls of leaves. It also sticks to EVERYTHING. How to Eat Cleavers?High inContinue reading “Edible Cleavers Plant”
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How to Eat Acorns
Where to Find Acorns?Acorns grow on all varieties of oak trees. Here in Eastern South Dakota I find the Bur Oak tree the easiest to identify because it has wide reaching tangled limbs that make it look like a tree out of a spooky movie. As an example, Good Earth State Park is going throughContinue reading “How to Eat Acorns”
Gill-Over-The-Ground
When & Where to FindGill-Over-The-Ground, also known as Ground Ivy, starts growing in May (or earlier!) in South Dakota and the Upper Midwest. It is a creeping weed with round, scalloped toothed, and sometimes purple-tinged leaves. This is one of the very first wild edible plants of the season to forage. My kids and IContinue reading “Gill-Over-The-Ground”
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