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Food Agriculture & Nutrition Network of Solano County ​

Building Healthy Families & Healthy Communities

Edible Backyard plants

7/27/2016

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​If you pay any attention at all to eating advice, you know that getting more fruits and vegetables is a sure way to work on a path to better health. In fact, the USDA recently revised its ideal “plate,” giving more space to produce and less to grains and protein. 

But eating the same-old stuff every day can quickly get boring—so there’s another way to get creative with your greens. Backyard plants may not be the stuff that you want to dig out and toss, but dig out and eat. Loads of plants that are probably growing outside, nestled in your other “desirable” plants and amidst the grass, may be edible. 

Learning their characteristics and how to use them, as well as how to distinguish them from other poisonous plants, isn’t hard, and this graphic can help.

Learn more here!
Eating Wild Plants in Your Yard - Edible Backyard Wild Greens
Source: Fix.com Blog
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