Wild plants can be deadly, don’t experiment without intensive research

[@OttotheWatchdog]

Thank you for making this point extremely clear. It is safer to eat a random bug then a plant

[@vastcosmos2051]

This was really well said! I hope to have that confidence in identifying one day.

[@rockymountainedibles3593]

Vast Cosmos Thanks for watching, never can be too careful.

[@t-harp598]

Yes Thank you very much, I've heard some terrible thing about the wrong plant being eaten

[@cammaritalbot9482]

Where do you get your knowledge of local wild edible plants? I want to be an expert like you someday! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@rockymountainedibles3593]

Thank you for your kind and encouraging words. I started off learning from a foraging expert. Since then I have spent a number of years intensively studying a variety of foraging books, peer-reviewed articles, and the ethnobotanic record. I have had the opportunity to try a number of plants which have never made it into any foraging book. Anyway, if you are interested, I could tell you some of the books and other sources which I consistently rely upon for my forays.

[@slitheen3]

I'd suggest looking into local ethnobotany too! I got some resources from my anthropology professor from my community college, but you could probably find something like that online or at local libraries too. I just got interested and am brand new to it so I'd be interested in more resources too