My Top 5 Favorite Wild Edibles on the Appalachian Trail
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Date: 2020-08-18
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Scrying,
Make sure if you have fiddleheads that you don't eat more than a mess or two in of them in spring. The Ostridge fern are the best ones. Brackens have some carcinogens in them. You liver can process stuff like that, but you don't want to over do it. THere is a type of cherry up north I don't know how far south you'd find it as I'm in Canada and don't go down there but it's called a choke cherry. They grow like weeds here, have birch like bark and cherries that are edible and go really good in tea and water. Bark is good for diarrhea and coughs. You probably have seen them but may not know what they are as they're not sold commercially.
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Make sure if you have fiddleheads that you don't eat more than a mess or two in of them in spring. The Ostridge fern are the best ones. Brackens have some carcinogens in them. You liver can process stuff like that, but you don't want to over do it. THere is a type of cherry up north I don't know how far south you'd find it as I'm in Canada and don't go down there but it's called a choke cherry. They grow like weeds here, have birch like bark and cherries that are edible and go really good in tea and water. Bark is good for diarrhea and coughs. You probably have seen them but may not know what they are as they're not sold commercially.
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Trail
Let's all please not forget the dandelion plant. Everything edible but the stalks taste gross! If you've been living off pasta sides and are a little bound up, then why not make a salad of the leaves. The flowers taste great and help to stave off hiker hunger.
Oh, and in the spring look for wild leeks. Tiny arrow shaped leaves poking right out of the ground that surround you by the millions. Eat the root. Garlicky but not burning strong. I just eat them all day long as I pass by.
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Let's all please not forget the dandelion plant. Everything edible but the stalks taste gross! If you've been living off pasta sides and are a little bound up, then why not make a salad of the leaves. The flowers taste great and help to stave off hiker hunger.
Oh, and in the spring look for wild leeks. Tiny arrow shaped leaves poking right out of the ground that surround you by the millions. Eat the root. Garlicky but not burning strong. I just eat them all day long as I pass by.
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imgadgetmanjim
Mulberries grow all over Maryland and Virginia but most produce ripe fruit only about 2-3 weeks per summer. They grow fast and spread by bird poop, often growing near fences. If you want to grow on your property buy a white ever bearing that produces fruit all summer and no purple poop on the cars. Wine berries are great and tend to poke less with the furry stems. Thank you for another wonderful video. I want to find some of that chicken mushroom.
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Mulberries grow all over Maryland and Virginia but most produce ripe fruit only about 2-3 weeks per summer. They grow fast and spread by bird poop, often growing near fences. If you want to grow on your property buy a white ever bearing that produces fruit all summer and no purple poop on the cars. Wine berries are great and tend to poke less with the furry stems. Thank you for another wonderful video. I want to find some of that chicken mushroom.
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Robert
Dixie; I have watched most of your present videos; been camping and hiking for several am 72. I enjoy the humor in your videos and you reveling your ups and downs of your journey, most dont wish to show their down sides. I also enjoy the comments after the videos. they are up beat and full of many worthwhile suggestions. Please continue doing these things. they are grrrreat!
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Dixie; I have watched most of your present videos; been camping and hiking for several am 72. I enjoy the humor in your videos and you reveling your ups and downs of your journey, most dont wish to show their down sides. I also enjoy the comments after the videos. they are up beat and full of many worthwhile suggestions. Please continue doing these things. they are grrrreat!
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Kate
Ah! Wineberries are my favorite as well. I haven't had any in years though and if someone would be willing to send me a vine I have been trying to get my hands on one for YEARS. You cant order them because they are invasive. I will pay handsomely, I promise, and be sure to plant it in a pot so that it is as contained as possible.
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Ah! Wineberries are my favorite as well. I haven't had any in years though and if someone would be willing to send me a vine I have been trying to get my hands on one for YEARS. You cant order them because they are invasive. I will pay handsomely, I promise, and be sure to plant it in a pot so that it is as contained as possible.
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O'Neal
The PCT through the trinity divide in the Trinity Alps, Marble Mountains and Russian wilderness areas it goes through are filled with edibles in Northern California. Also, there are a bunch of alpine lakes filled with trout. it's the only part of the pct I'm familiar with (Klamath knot, it's glorious, have fun!
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The PCT through the trinity divide in the Trinity Alps, Marble Mountains and Russian wilderness areas it goes through are filled with edibles in Northern California. Also, there are a bunch of alpine lakes filled with trout. it's the only part of the pct I'm familiar with (Klamath knot, it's glorious, have fun!
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RabidTardigrade
Hello, in regards to you saying you started your hike in march and ended in October, did it get cold in the beginning? I know it starts in Georgia if you're nobo. Did you take a lot of zero days and take in the areas that you liked?
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Hello, in regards to you saying you started your hike in march and ended in October, did it get cold in the beginning? I know it starts in Georgia if you're nobo. Did you take a lot of zero days and take in the areas that you liked?
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Love watching these vids. I think LNT is really important here while foraging. However, picking wild Blueberries or Raspberries is amazing. Nothing like cooking Blueberry Pie while on the AT hiking Mt. Rogers in VA. Seriously! Yummmy!
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Love watching these vids. I think LNT is really important here while foraging. However, picking wild Blueberries or Raspberries is amazing. Nothing like cooking Blueberry Pie while on the AT hiking Mt. Rogers in VA. Seriously! Yummmy!
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Eric
There is a thorny vine called bullbrier. I have seen it from Florida to Maryland where it grows wild. The fast growing shoots are often referred to as a wild asparagus. they can be steamed or boiled, but I usually eat them raw.
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There is a thorny vine called bullbrier. I have seen it from Florida to Maryland where it grows wild. The fast growing shoots are often referred to as a wild asparagus. they can be steamed or boiled, but I usually eat them raw.
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