Native Edibles

[loam]

No, not the gummy thc kind. Wild plants growing in the woods. 

As a child spending many years roaming the woods of South Carolina I would find various plants and berries and try them out. No one to show me, just trial  and error. Stayed away from red berries and mushrooms. I was young, but not dumb. 

But I would try different things I found out there. Most pretty good. I'm having a hard time finding the actual names of these native plants that I gave names to. Bullet seeds is a sort of grape with a big seed in the middle that I could shoot at my friends as we climbed the trees to get them . Persimmon was really good. Sour weed was kind of like a grass like plant with a stalk that was sour. There are many other edibles I discovered that didn't kill me.

I was a kid figuring out all this stuff on my own. Makes you wonder how much people before us knew and figured out but was lost or dismissed.

Anyways, I am going down this rabbit hole trying to figure out some of the plants and berries I use to snack on and it's frustrating because I made up names for them .

I've heard good things about the PictureThis app. 

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