Foraging for San Diego Bounty
Every day you pass right by edible wild plants without even knowing it, or stopping to enjoy nature’s bounty. Wild food grows everywhere; a free source of nutrients and adventure! Here are five plant...
Foraging in Early Summer in San Diego
There is a bounty of edible delights growing wild in San Diego County
*A Note of Caution: When foraging for food, anything collected should be properly identified before consuming.
Although our spring showers have already come and gone, that old adage about May flowers still stands, especially this year.
Hike any ditch or crevasse and find greens like dandelion, sow thistle, purslane, wood sorrel, wild fennel, mallow, wild mustard, and watercress.
Sow thistle, dandelion’s close cousin, is one of my favorites.
Everything from root to shoot can be eaten on this plant and similar ones, but watch out for the central stalk that tends to have small thorns.
Kumquat stands out as a citrus that’ll be plentifully available. Burdock should be prime for its artichoke-flavored stalk and root.
Last but not least, forage for the common garden snail in the evening.
This snail was reportedly introduced to California during the Gold Rush by a Frenchman who dearly missed his escargot.
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