foodfinding

101

think of the deer

know when pickto

tools

SciSSorS

Knife

Spade

BaSKet

for tirmming leaves, petals, and some stems

for cutting out seets, and thicker stems

for diging up roots and bulbs

or appropriate containers for collecting your finds

Round, textured, segmented leavesGarlic aroma

Small white flowers in summer

garlic Mustard

Round “hip” or fruit of the rose, left after petals fallRipe when deep pink and soft (not squishy)

Skin & pulp are edible

Rose Hips

Cactus with large green pads and small red fruitsPads edible as a vegetable, fruits as a fruit

Very spiney - wear gloves

Prickly Pear

get awayreally don’t touch this

“have you seen my cousin oak?”but seriously, leaves of three: let them be

Poison ivy

poiSon Sumac

red stemmed, about 7-13 oppos-ing leaves, and red stems

poiSon oaK

poiSon ivy

leaves about 6in, in groups of 3, reseble white oak, but on a shrub

shrub or vine, with shiny leaves in groups of 3