Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Harvesting Wild Foods in Autumn

wild persimmons
Wild Persimmons

Fall is one of the best times to harvest wild foods. Biting insects and other woodland pests are less of a problem and in many areas dense undergrowth is reduced after a frost.

Some of the most popular wild foods of the Eastern U.S. include several kinds of greens, tea berries, sassafras roots, ginseng, persimmons, walnuts, pecans, chestnuts and other delicacies.

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