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Edible Wild Weeds

Edible wild weeds are often overlooked but can be a nutritious and free addition to your meals. These guides will help you identify, harvest, and use common wild weeds like chickweed, lamb’s quarters, and plantain. Learn how to incorporate these readily available plants into your diet for health benefits and unique flavors.

Foraging Canada Thistle

Foraging Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Wild Bee Balm

Foraging Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

plantain uses

10 Ways to Use Plantain

Purple Dead Nettle

10 Ways to Use Purple Dead Nettle

Garlic Mustard Plant

Foraging Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Ways to Use Mullein

10+ Ways to Use Mullein

Wintercress: Identification & Uses

Edible Weeds List

60+ Edible Weeds (& How to Use Them)

Edible Lawn Weeds

30+ Edible Lawn Weeds (Food beneath your feet!)

Foraging Goldenrod

Foraging Goldenrod (Solidago sp.)

Foraging Tansy

Foraging Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)

Henbit Plant

Foraging Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule)

Himalayan Balsam

Foraging Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)

Lady's thumb weed

Foraging Lady’s Thumb (Persicaria maculosa and other Persicaria)

Herb Robert Flowers

Foraging Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)

List of Weeds with Pink Flowers

20+ Weeds with Pink Flowers (Identification Guide)

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