What can you harvest today in southern Michigan? And what can you do with it? These short posts are designed to let you know what is available right now in our area. You can see exactly what current conditions are because the pics are taken on the day they are posted. So keep up with What’s In Season right here.
Cattail rhizome, garlic mustard root, dandelion root, day lily tubers, watercress, chickweed, and marsh marigold Cattail rhizomes will be in season for the next several weeks, until the shoots start getting fairly tall. But, like most root-type veggies, they are…
Walnuts, field garlic, strawberry leaf, yarrow, plantain, and tree sap The little animals, and the running water of the spring thaw, collect all the walnuts into nice little piles to be…
Chickweed, oxeye daisy, wild carrot, redbud seeds, garlic mustard, milkweed stalks Chickweed is one plant that can be found all winter. Look for dense, tangled mats of green when the snow melts, or even under the snowpack. After just a…
Apples, Honey Mushrooms, Hericium Mushrooms, Spicebush, Wild Ginger, and Hazel Nuts Apples are probably one of the easiest wild foods for beginning foragers to confidently identify and use. They are really common urban and suburban landscapes and along the roadsides…
Elder Berries, Gooseberries, Prickly Ash, Sumac, Autumn Olive, Cattail Leaves Elder berry juice is used in many traditional cold and flu remedies. The juice is often made into a syrup and combined with other medicinal herbs, like willow and yarrow.…
