Five Edible Plants That Might be Growing in Your Yard

We look over food everyday that may grow wild in our yards.  Many people even use chemicals to rid their yards of some of these edible plants.  Why not take the opportunity to learn about them and then incorporate them into our diets?  Knowing what is edible and what is not could be the difference between life and death one day.  Here are five edible plants you may have growing in your yard right now. 



Daylily

Image by JamesDeMers from Pixabay 


Edible Parts:  shoots, flower buds, flower petals, tubers


Dandelion

Image by Nowaja from Pixabay 


Edible Parts:  leaves, flower buds, flower petals, roots


Milkweed

Image from https://gardenofantietam.blogspot.com/2012/12/milkweed-seeds.html


Edible Parts:  shoots, flower buds, flowers, young seedpods


Rose of Sharon

Image by HeungSoon from Pixabay 


Edible Parts:  leaves, flowers


Chickweed

Image by Jan Haerer from Pixabay

Edible Parts:  leaves and stems


For more information on these and more backyard edible plants check out the book Backyard Foraging by Ellen Zachos. 

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