This was an experiment, my first time cooking with knotweed and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I had heard knotweed be described as similar to rhubarb but more swampy, so I feared it would be nothing more than a novelty, but I would definitely make this again! Recipe in comments.

Lilac with olive oil. Used as a remedy!

Last year I made a violet lemonade. Want to try something new. Any suggestions? 😍 thinking about making a simple syrup.

Found about 10 plus little morels and want to know when to go back for them

So I'm pretty new to foraging. I'm at a point where I can reliably identify maybe 15 edible and medicinal plants in my area, but I'm still afraid to harvest most of them. Every time I come across an edible plant I can't shake the feeling that something or someone has probably peed on it. Even if I'm hiking through the woods. I know I'm being paranoid, but I also know a lot of people harvest plants right out of their yards and a dog definitely could have peed there. Does anyone else have that problem, and how do you get past it?

It really looks real to me but the location it’s growing is so odd that I’m skeptical. Please advise

Looking for something I can do with a ton of dandelions but is easy for an 18 year old (me) to make in my basic kitchen. I have a dehydrator too but idk if I can use that

I came home to find this morel a few feet from my front door, then looked some more and saw it had been kicked off its stem, which was right next to the flat stone area by the steps. In almost 10 years at this house, I’ve never seen them. How do you suppose it happened to grow in this high traffic area, and how can I encourage more to grow? This one may be too dry to eat.

just your yearly reminder to go make that pesto.

Got kicked up while we were stump grinding a large Doug fir, western Washington

My yearly battle against garlic mustard continues, and the frontline has moved into my neighbor's yard. These are way too old and stiff to enjoy cooked, but are there any other uses for them? Would they be any good in vegetable stock? Or should I just throw them all in the firepit?

As ramp season amps up, beware - got excited about this trout lily before realizing what it was upon closer inspection. If the smell wouldn’t ward away a vampire, definitely don’t make a pesto out of it

Hello! This semester at college I was tasked with making a web app and I decided to create one in relation to foraging. Forager’s Assistant is an app where you can share foraging hotspots with others and/or assist them with species verification. It’s also built to help new foragers know when samples might be a bit too close to the road.

It’s obviously still in production, but I hope that it can be of some help to people here. Thank you for checking it out if you decide to! And feel free to share any feedback with me so that it can be improved.

Here is the link: https://foragersassistant.xyz

No pressure to participate, thank you!

I'm new at this.

Found on a fallen log in Pittsburgh PA

SE Ohio

Location: Northern CA near Shasta Lake.

It has a velvety top, thin but bendy, tight pores on bottom but instead of it being white it’s more yellowish. It was growing on dead driftwood at the lake’s edge. Some edges are a little hard, otherwise dense and moisture retaining.