Wild Edibles
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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
December’s Wild Edible: Northern Spicebush
This flora features alternate shiny leaves that are an appealing dark green and look something like an egg would if it has been stretched out.
Jan 2, 2024
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Bruce Ingram
December’s Wild Edible: Black Haws
As an understory tree in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the common black haw is often overlooked although it’s common in these highlands.
Dec 4, 2024
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Bruce Ingram
November's Wild Edible: White Oak Acorns
With the widespread disappearance of the American chestnut across most of the Blue Ridge, the reigning signature tree of the region has to be the white oak.
Nov 6, 2023
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Bruce Ingram
July’s Wild Edible: Northern Dewberry
For several reasons, the northern dewberry is often overlooked as a summer berry in the Blue Ridge.
Jun 27, 2025
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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
February's Wild Edible: Fiddlehead Ferns
In decades and centuries past, settlers in these mountains consumed what they called the fiddleheads of ferns. But just what is a fiddlehead?
Feb 6, 2026
Bruce Ingram
February's Wild Edible: Fiddlehead Ferns
In decades and centuries past, settlers in these mountains consumed what they called the fiddleheads of ferns. But just what is a fiddlehead?
Feb 6, 2026
Bruce Ingram
January's Wild Edible: Pokeweed
Pokeweed is one of the wild plants that is most associated with the Blue Ridge Region.
Jan 14, 2026
Bruce Ingram
December's Wild Edible: Purple-Spored Puffball
The purple-spored typically grows in this region’s fields, often appearing from October through December and into early January.
Dec 1, 2025
Bruce Ingram
November’s Wild Edible: Bitternut Hickory
Frankly, this native species to the Blue Ridge mountains comes by its name honestly.
Nov 20, 2025
Bruce Ingram
October’s Wild Edible: Mullein
Earlier, this year, a lone mullein plant appeared along the fence that encloses my garden, which made me curious about this plant.
Oct 2, 2025
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