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RE: Foraging for Wild Edibles in my Backyard
Marked this to watch for later, when I'm not at work ;-) Love to forage and a very valuable skill. Everyone should know the local fauna that you can eat. Always very handy - it's funny that not many people realize that what might be a weed now could save your ass in the future. You can also plant some ornamental plants that serve two... ooops three purposes. We planted Rose hip around the front of the house. It smells great when it flowers; you can eat the fruit and its a pernicious security barrier.
If you're familiar with the brand Bayer, you know they make both Aspirin and pesticides. One of their commercials shows them spraying their pesticide on a dandelion. Dandelions produce the same active compound in Aspirin called "Salicylate". Talk about killing the competition.