Foraging - Jul 29, 2000

Index for Album F-2000-07-29: Foraging - Jul 29, 2000

Based on a walk given by "Wildman" Steve Brill in Central Park, Manhattan. These are in fine compression.

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Number Thumbnail Caption

1 Wisteria. Flowers are edible, seeds and leaves are poisonous. Blooms in spring, but you will get some summer blooms where it has been cut back.

2 Epazote. Can dry and save. You don't eat it, but use as a seasoning in bean dishes.

3 Epazote. Close up of flowers.

4 Lamb's quarters. A wild spinach. Eat in salad or steamed.

5 Hackberries. Not ripe yet.

6 Central Park Lake

7 Central Park Lake

8 Poor man's pepper

9 Gill-over-the-ground, or ground ivy. Can make tea with fresh leaves. Is in the mint family.

10 May apple. Green on plant is poisonous. When fallen and yellow is delicious.

11 May apple. Wildman about to eat a ripe one.

12 May apple leaves

13 Wild raisin. Ripe in October.

14 Doubles arches on 77th St. bridge. Under the left one was originally an extension of the lake.

15 Wineberries. An Asian raspberry. Humans have taken most.

16 Wineberry closeup.

17 Extension of Central Park Lake

18 Black cherries

19 Sweet gum tree. See five pointed leaf. Not edible. Crush leaf and smells like furniture polish.

20 Indian pipe. Native American plant. A wildflower that parasitizes tree roots. Does not make chlorophyll.

21 Reishi mushroom. Need to boil two hours.

22 Common nightshade. Poisonous, but won't kill you.

23 Spider that one of the kids found while eating lunch.

24 Garlic mustard. Leaves in summer too bitter.

25 Garlic mustard root. Is good now. Like horseradish.

26 Burdock. 1st year. Can dig up root. Slice diagonally and cook.

27 Burdock. 2nd year. Not edible.

28 Bitter dock flower

29 Bitter dock seeds

30 Poke weed. Poisonous seeds.

31 Lady's thumb. A mild salad green. In smartweed family.

32 Common plantain. Seeds are edible. Steve doesn't like.

33 Blackberries. European cut leaf variety.

34 Elderberries. But no berries!

35 American persimmon. But no fruit this year.

36 Kentucky coffee tree beans. Poisonous now. Must be baked 3 hours at 300 degrees. Must cover as they will pop. Then grind up. Can collect year round.

37 Kentucky coffee tree leaves.

38 Garlic mustard. 2nd year. Can collect seeds. Put in at end of cooking.

39 Common violet closeup. New small leaves edible. Root poisonous.

40 Field garlic. Drooping. Seeds edible now. Also bulbs, but small and hard to peel.

41 Sassafras tree. Note three leaf shapes.

42 Sassafras root. Can make tea from it. Flavor is in the cambium, the outer layer on the root.

43 Wood sorrel. Nice patch near Belvedere Castle. Note heart shaped leaves.

44 Chickweed. Small patch. Bigger one now covered with wood chips.

45 Blueberries near Belvedere Castle. Surprising that humans didn't get them first.

46 Yew berries. Berry is edible, but seed is poisonous.

47 Apple

48 Cornelian cherry. Still green. Different trees ripen at different times. Needs to be a dark red to be good. If bright red will ripen at home.

49 Cornelian cherries on the ground.

50 Someone found a caterpiller.

51 Juneberry bush. Season is past. In June.

52 Hawthorne. Too early.

53 Purslane

54 Peach tree. There are three of them south of the 86th St. transverse road.

55 Peaches. Not ripe yet.

Number	Thumbnail	Caption
1		Wisteria. Flowers are edible, seeds and leaves are poisonous. Blooms in spring, but you will get some summer blooms where it has been cut back.
2		Epazote. Can dry and save. You don't eat it, but use as a seasoning in bean dishes.
3		Epazote. Close up of flowers.
4		Lamb's quarters. A wild spinach. Eat in salad or steamed.
5		Hackberries. Not ripe yet.
6		Central Park Lake
7		Central Park Lake
8		Poor man's pepper
9		Gill-over-the-ground, or ground ivy. Can make tea with fresh leaves. Is in the mint family.
10		May apple. Green on plant is poisonous. When fallen and yellow is delicious.
11		May apple. Wildman about to eat a ripe one.
12		May apple leaves
13		Wild raisin. Ripe in October.
14		Doubles arches on 77th St. bridge. Under the left one was originally an extension of the lake.
15		Wineberries. An Asian raspberry. Humans have taken most.
16		Wineberry closeup.
17		Extension of Central Park Lake
18		Black cherries
19		Sweet gum tree. See five pointed leaf. Not edible. Crush leaf and smells like furniture polish.
20		Indian pipe. Native American plant. A wildflower that parasitizes tree roots. Does not make chlorophyll.
21		Reishi mushroom. Need to boil two hours.
22		Common nightshade. Poisonous, but won't kill you.
23		Spider that one of the kids found while eating lunch.
24		Garlic mustard. Leaves in summer too bitter.
25		Garlic mustard root. Is good now. Like horseradish.
26		Burdock. 1st year. Can dig up root. Slice diagonally and cook.
27		Burdock. 2nd year. Not edible.
28		Bitter dock flower
29		Bitter dock seeds
30		Poke weed. Poisonous seeds.
31		Lady's thumb. A mild salad green. In smartweed family.
32		Common plantain. Seeds are edible. Steve doesn't like.
33		Blackberries. European cut leaf variety.
34		Elderberries. But no berries!
35		American persimmon. But no fruit this year.
36		Kentucky coffee tree beans. Poisonous now. Must be baked 3 hours at 300 degrees. Must cover as they will pop. Then grind up. Can collect year round.
37		Kentucky coffee tree leaves.
38		Garlic mustard. 2nd year. Can collect seeds. Put in at end of cooking.
39		Common violet closeup. New small leaves edible. Root poisonous.
40		Field garlic. Drooping. Seeds edible now. Also bulbs, but small and hard to peel.
41		Sassafras tree. Note three leaf shapes.
42		Sassafras root. Can make tea from it. Flavor is in the cambium, the outer layer on the root.
43		Wood sorrel. Nice patch near Belvedere Castle. Note heart shaped leaves.
44		Chickweed. Small patch. Bigger one now covered with wood chips.
45		Blueberries near Belvedere Castle. Surprising that humans didn't get them first.
46		Yew berries. Berry is edible, but seed is poisonous.
47		Apple
48		Cornelian cherry. Still green. Different trees ripen at different times. Needs to be a dark red to be good. If bright red will ripen at home.
49		Cornelian cherries on the ground.
50		Someone found a caterpiller.
51		Juneberry bush. Season is past. In June.
52		Hawthorne. Too early.
53		Purslane
54		Peach tree. There are three of them south of the 86th St. transverse road.
55		Peaches. Not ripe yet.