Learn about 5 of the best edible wild plants growing in springtime in Australia. Free food everywhere.

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Cleavers, they stick to you and you can eat them too

Cleavers cling to you, and you can eat them too.
Learn about this amazing wild plant useful for food and medicine

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My Garden Path - Eating weeds on Gardening Australia

Gardening Australia segment on how to forage for edible weeds. They are yummy!!

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Wild lettuce as food and pain relief: how to identify it in your garden.

Wild lettuce is regarded as the wild counterpart of the commercial lettuce you can buy at the supermarket. Although it is far more bitter than cultivated lettuce, it has greater nutritional and medicinal qualities.

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How yummy is this weed? Madeira vine, the edible menace

Madeira vine is a weed of biblical proportions. It is also edible and medicinal.

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Fantastic fennel fields forevermore

It is wild fennel time! This wonderful plant provides for greens in springtime, flowers in summer and coming up the fully formed seeds. Easy to identify through the distinctive scent, go get foraging!

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How to forage for wild edibles- Ep.1

There are food and medicine plants everywhere you look. From the great knowledge of Aboriginal people to the knowledge of migrants related to weeds and non-natives, we have plenty to celebrate. Here’s a four parts video series on how to forage for wild edibles.

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Shepherd's purse – and the value of stories.

There are plants with great stories; there are plants with funny stories; there are plants with old stories and then there is shepherd’s purse, who’s story is best untold.

How to ID and use fleabane, the un-killable weed.

How to ID your fleabanes. These common weeds are in your yard and have some pretty amazing qualities, including how to get rid of unwanted partners.
Intrigued? Read on >>

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How to identify and use yellow dock and its close relatives

Once upon a time, they used to say that if you get stung by nettle you should find a dock leaf and rub it on, and the rush would be gone.

Is it true? Or is it just folk lore?

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BEHOLD PLANTAIN, for there is more to tell.

One of the most celebrated medicine in the world is in your backyard. Here’s how to identify it.

Wonderful chickweed. And its poisonous lookalike.

There is an amazing little plant growing in your yard right now, as the weather cools down.
It is called chickweed. You can eat it.

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on mellow mallow and why you should know about this edible weed

Mallow. Absolutely everywhere. This tough plant survives serious neglect and makes it the perfect edible weed. Stuck at home in isolation? Get to know your garden>

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Weeds as friends? Farmers friend: a nutritious and medicinal plant in everyone's garden.

Is your garden full of weeds? Excellent! You might find that you have something quite special there.
Meet farmers friend (bidens pilosa). a weedy friend indeed. And food. And medicine. And free.
Read on>>

In season now: african olives

Have you ever wondered about the amount of wild olives that get wasted in Sydney?
Yes, really. A serious weed in our region, and yet oh-so-good>>
Read up and harvest, in season now.

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How good is positive reinforcement?

Change is afoot, you just need to look around to discover so many inspiring and empowering stories. Check this website for a growing selection of them>> Food4Good.com.au <<
There are kid's gardens, bee keeping, promote health by changing your diet and how to take advantage of wild resources. All in one place>>

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