Wild Edibles
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Bruce Ingram
May's Wild Edible: Ramps
My favorite ramp patch lies above 3,000 feet at the top of a Monroe County, West Virginia mountain.
May 3, 2021
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Bruce Ingram
January's Wild Edible: The Tree's Ear Mushroom
Auricularia auricular, also known as the wood ear or jelly ear, is a member of the jelly and rubbery fungi family and is commonly found throughout the Blue Ridge Mountain range.
Jan 1, 2022
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Bruce Ingram
April’s Wild Edible: Black Morels
They go great as toppings on meat entrees, and they are sublime in any kind of egg dish.
Apr 1, 2024
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Bruce Ingram
March’s Wild Edible: Dandelions
Gardeners often swear at them, and green lawn lovers typically nuke them with poisonous sprays. But dandelions are also important wildlife food, a boon for early spring pollinators - and a superb health food!
Mar 4, 2021
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Bruce Ingram
April’s Wild Edible: Half-Free Morels
For those of us who search for mushrooms in the Blue Ridge Mountains, April means it morel season, all month long.
Apr 2, 2025
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Bruce Ingram
August’s Wild Edible: Honey
Paul Hinlicky, who along with his wife Ellen operates Saint Gall Farm in Catawba, Virginia, is an enthusiastic booster of wild honey’s benefits.
Jul 30, 2024
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Bruce Ingram
September’s Wild Edible: Old Man of the Woods Mushroom
Appearing July through October, Strobilomyces floccopus features a two-to-five inch wide grayish black cap that is quite distinct in appearance, but hard to spot among the forest duff.
Aug 29, 2022
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Bruce Ingram
February’s Wild Edible: Maple Syrup
In the Blue Ridge Mountain region, certainly two of the counties that are most known for producing maple syrup are Highland County, Virginia and Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
Feb 1, 2024
Bruce Ingram
May’s Wild Edible: Gem-Studded Puffball
Numerous species of puffballs are native to the Blue Ridge, and certainly one of the most common ones is the dull-white gem-studded puffball.
May 2, 2025
Bruce Ingram
April’s Wild Edible: Half-Free Morels
For those of us who search for mushrooms in the Blue Ridge Mountains, April means it morel season, all month long.
Apr 2, 2025
Bruce Ingram
March’s Wild Edible: Lamb’s Quarter
Rising up through the soil this month is one of the most fascinating plants in the Blue Ridge Mountains…the lamb’s quarter.
Mar 6, 2025
Bruce Ingram
February’s Wild Edible: Wild Asparagus
Sometime this month or in early March in these mountains, the wild asparagus will begin to emerge from the soil in such nondescript places as ditches, roadsides and uncultivated fields.
Feb 5, 2025
Bruce Ingram
January’s Wild Edible: Cattails
Cattails are native plants throughout the Blue Ridge.
Jan 3, 2025
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