Foraging is something I want to learn more about. There is a lot to learn and not much in season at any particular time.
We have an apple tree, and a plum tree, but neither bore fruit this year; our currant bushes died. Our blueberries are just getting started and the strawberries are spring fruit. I have mint underneath the cherry tree. There was a rhubarb and an asparagus patch here!
Looking at WILD stuff: we have black-capped raspberries in July, and cherries and mulberry if we can beat the birds to the last two. I could try to train the wild grapes, but I have not seen many actual grapes on them. We tap our silver maple trees.
Hubby could shoot the squirrels, turkey, and deer. We only have a few rabbits. Have not caught that pocket gopher or whatever is eating my cabbage so I would not count us a trappers. We are nearly two miles from a river with fish and 8 miles from a trout stream.
Greens: On a regular basis I pick from our yard: amaranth/pigweed and lamb’s quarter leaves, wood violet leaves and flowers, dandelion and plantain leaves, purslane, wood sorrel (green and red) for our salads. Plus, nettle and catmint, raspberry, strawberry, mint, and bergamot leaves for tea. At this time of the year, the amaranth and lamb’s quarter’s have gone to seed and there are not many leaves; I don’t know how to collect the seeds. Since we do not spray or add anything to the lawn, I can still pick the dandelion, plantain, and clover leaves.
There is red sumac at the end of our 1/2 mile driveway to make a beverage.
We have walnut trees, but the vegetation underneath is so thick that we have left the nuts for the squirrels. That and acorns are two items I should learn how to use. I have not tried eating the silver maple samaras.
I have not tried other plants that are here and are edible: ferns, hosta, hog peanut, chickweed, tea from pine and spruce needles, burdock or mullein.