Edible Trees | Foraging a Wild Flower and Leaf Salad in the Spring | Bushcraft

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Wild edible plants aren't just limited to weeds and herbs - you can eat the leaves straight off of certain trees, too!

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Video Transcription

it's a cool morning and I figured I'd pack myself a bit of a wild salad nothing too complicated a lot of edible wildflowers are disappearing but two trees in this area are perfect for making the bulk of the salad one of which is this this is called the American basswood but it's also known as linden tree or the lime tree it's got a few giveaways the most clear being its seeds it's got a single sort of leaf with a stalk of seeds coming off of it now a lot of these leaves are already this dark green sort of glassy color and those probably aren't too great for eating but I do see a few tender bright green leaves on the tree that we can pick and put in our salad these days it's hard to find the american basswood out in the wild in fact the one I was picking from a few minutes earlier is actually a tree that they planted outside of the place I live in but a much more common tree in this area is our friend the beach and it's about the time where the leaves are just unfurling and these are really good to eat as well they have sort of a tart taste although I imagine a lot of sort of leaves have that taste but beech trees the leaves tend to unfurl a little bit later in the year compared to the basswood I saw some leaves coming out and the bass would and it was still snowing back in March although we did have a late winter so but again you just collect the tender leaves usually on the ends of branches and these are good for eating I also collected some tasty wild violets which would add some color to the salad and some wood Sorel's which have a beautiful sweet and tart taste if you want to learn more about some wildflowers that you can eat just click over there on the bottom of the screen so that's the salad collected I didn't want to get too much but it's really quite colorful with all these flowers in it and I did want to mention that one rule when you're picking and foraging for these wild edibles is try to take things from multiple sources don't just strip one tree of a bunch of leaves and don't go after the best stuff necessarily you know leave some good healthy leaves for the tree itself so it can continue to grow and finally if you are collecting especially in a developed area like this be sure that you aren't collecting these wild edibles in areas where you might find pesticide or fertilizer runoff or near areas that have plastic or paint because that stuff can wash away get into the soil and get into the food and make it pretty toxic to eat but other than that think I might go and enjoy this small salad so till next time