Thursday, April 9, 2020

Turkey Tail

Turkey Tail
Turkey tail mushrooms are edible but do have side effects like gas, bloating, and dark stools. Turkey Tail mushrooms also offer immune system support.

You find them on downed logs, not on living trees. They have a leathery texture. The cap is brown or darker brown.

Friday, March 27, 2020

Miner's lettuce

miner's lettuce
You can eat miner's lettuce. One hundred grams of miner's lettuce is a third of your daily value of vitamin c, vitamin a, and iron. Miner's lettuce is called miner's lettuce because it is shaped like a shovel and miner's used to eat it. It is found in the forest and by train tracks. 

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Redwood Sorrel

Redwood Sorrel 

It grows in damp and wet ground. It grows under redwoods as well. Yes redwood sorrel is edible but if you eat too much  you will get sick. You can cook it and eat it, or eat it raw. But remember don't eat too much! ☠️
Check out my mom's store and order stuff. 

Blackberries

BLACKBERRY 
Blackberries have thorns on the stems. They also have edible berries. You can make jam or jelly with the berries. Blackberries can be found in summer. They grow in forests and plains. A blackberry is a bush and is found in shady areas. 

  

Friday, March 20, 2020

Poison oak

Poison oak
It causes rashes but birds eat the berries and deer eat the leaves.
It has smooth leaves and leaves of three.
It tends to be shiny.
In the middle of winter there are no leaves and the stick is bare.
In the Fall the leaves turn bright red.

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Thimbleberry

Thimbleberry a.k.a. nature's toilet paper 

You can eat the berries and use the leaves as toilet paper.

The berries can be made into jam or jelly.

Turkey Tail

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