Tag Archives: edible

Spring weeds are now appearing

Posted on February 27, 2022 by tedmanzer

Spring weeds are now appearing It has been quite a while since I’ve posted any articles, but this is a time that we need to get outside and check out what is coming up in our lawns and garden beds. … Continue reading →

Posted in foraging | Tagged Allium, antimicrobial, bittercress, Buttercup, Cardamine, common chickweed, dead nettle, edible, field garlic, foraging, henbit, Lamium, Ranunculus, Sonchus, sow thistle, stellaria, weed control, winter annual weeds | 6 Comments

Oyster mushrooms are a common fungus on deciduous trees

Posted on January 21, 2019 by tedmanzer

A friend of mine brought in a mushroom sample recently for me to identify. I smiled when I saw it. When I was a teenager, it was one of my favorites to collect. My dad and I usually found it … Continue reading →

Posted in foraging | Tagged angel wing mushroom, dead or dying hardwoods, edible, mycology, no stipe, oyster mushroom, parallel gills, Pleurocybella porrigens, Pleurotus ostreatus, prolific, questionable fungus, white spore print | 3 Comments

Evening primrose is a stunning native wildflower

Posted on September 11, 2018 by tedmanzer

Everyone has seen those tall weeds with long narrow leaves and covered with cup-shaped yellow flowers. Sometimes they can grow to be five feet tall. For foragers and herbalists, it has a bounty of uses. The plant in question is … Continue reading →

Posted in foraging | Tagged biennial, edible, edible flowers, essential fatty acid, Evening primrose, large roots, long narrow leaves, medicinal uses, native plant, Oenothera biennis, Omega-6, pasture plant, prolific seed producer, tall weeds, well-drained soils | 1 Comment

Cicadas are a lot more than noisy insects

Posted on August 10, 2017 by tedmanzer

My first real experience with cicadas was back in the mid-60s in Maine. I remember riding my bicycle really fast down a hill and getting smacked in the face by one of the noisy red eyed critters. It hit me … Continue reading →

Posted in foraging | Tagged cicada, edible, locust, noisiest insects, periodic cicada, red eyed critters, slow metabolism | Leave a comment

Spiderwort is a low maintenance native perennial

Posted on April 25, 2017 by tedmanzer

Some people call them widow’s tears. Others confuse them with daylilies. Still others have never even heard of them. Spiderworts are tough native plants that don’t choke out the rest of your garden residents. Our most common one is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged butterflies, deadheading, edible, grass-like, leaves don't keep well, slightly acid soil, Spiderwort, sticky sap, Tradescantia virginiana, well drained, wide range of soil conditions, widow's tears | 2 Comments

Ground Ivy is an aggressive perennial weed

Posted on November 23, 2016 by tedmanzer

When gardeners talk about weeds the word vine usually makes them cringe. Their anxiety increases when the word mint is added to the conversation. Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) is guilty on both counts. Sometimes called creeping Charlie, this perennial can … Continue reading →

Posted in foraging | Tagged 2 4-D, aggressive weed, catnip, cool-season, dicamba, edible, Florida Betony, Glechoma hederacea, glyphosate, ground ivy, herbaceous vine, medicinal, purple two-lipped mint flowers, Swedish ivy, vine, vitamin c, wild violets | Leave a comment

Marsh pennywort can hide, and it’s tough to remove from your lawn

Posted on June 6, 2016 by tedmanzer

A while ago a gentleman asked me about a weed he had in his lawn that was keeping his new grass from establishing. He described it as having round shiny lily pad-like leaves. I thought for a minute, for there … Continue reading →

Posted in foraging | Tagged acid soils, carrot family, cutting management, dichondra, dollar weed, edible, ground ivy, Hydrocotyle umbellate, lawn maintenance, lily pad-like leaves, marsh pennywort, wet areas, white star-shaped flowers | Leave a comment

That gold stuff is not Silly String – It’s Dodder

Posted on August 22, 2015 by tedmanzer

I once overheard somebody complain that some kids killed her tomatoes with silly string. It was none of my business so I didn’t butt in, but I knew that wasn’t the problem. Driving toward the beach recently I spotted several … Continue reading →

Posted in foraging | Tagged bright yellow to orange, Cuscuta, dodder, dormant seeds, edible, hand removal, haustoria, herbal medicine, host plants, parasitic plant, pre-emergent herbicides, silly string, small white flowers | Leave a comment

Sometimes I wonder how people come up with crazy plant names

Posted on January 26, 2015 by tedmanzer

A common garden and lawn weed in the Southeastern US is Asiatic false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica). That’s a pretty unusual name considering hawks don’t even have beards. I honestly can’t begin to understand that one. Numerous plants have crazy names … Continue reading →

Posted in foraging | Tagged Asiatic false hawksbeard, composite family, dandelion-like, edible, hardy annual, prolific seed producers, solid stems, young Gerbera daisy plants | Leave a comment

Prickly Pear is a Desert delight

Posted on January 26, 2015 by tedmanzer

Anyone who has ever walked the dunes of the outer banks has seen them. Prickly pear cacti (Optuntia sp. and Nopalea sp.) are something you definitely want to notice. I remember over 25 years ago when my oldest son came running to … Continue reading →

Posted in foraging | Tagged edible, edible foliage, edible fruit, flavinoids, glochids, lower blood glucose, potato eyes, prickly pear cactus, raw or cooked, spines, xeriscaping | Leave a comment

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