1. LOCAL FORAGING
South Pinellas Wild Foods

2. Weed Harvesting Guidelines
 1. Only harvest weeds that you can positively identify
and know to be edible. The Complete Guide to Edible
Wild Plants, by the Department of the Army is a good
reference, if you aren't sure.
 2. Avoid picking weeds close to roadways. They'll
have absorbed exhaust fumes and road run off.
 3. Avoid harvesting weeds in areas that may have
been contaminated by animal feces.
 4. Do not pick weeds from yards that have been
treated with pesticides or herbicides.
 5. Only eat the parts of plants that you know to be
edible. Many edible plants have non-edible – and
sometimes poisonous – parts.

3. Moringa
 Edible Part:
Leaves, seed pods
& seeds
 Benefits: Highly
nutritious
 Other Uses: Water
purification
http://www.moringagardencircle.org/tree.html

4. Beauty Berry
 Edible Part: Berries
 Benefits: Tea from
berries & roots for
fever
 Other Uses: Leaves
as insect repellant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igKeqZjxPYQ
http://www.eattheweeds.com/beautyberry-jelly-on-a-roll/

5. Goldenrod
 Edible Part:
Flowers & Leaves
 Benefits: Tea for
bruises
 Other Uses:
Poultice for
toothache, burns
and insect stings
http://www.eattheweeds.com/solidago-odora-liberty-tea-2/

6. Banana
 Edible Part: Fruit &
flower
 Other Uses: Leaves
can be used as
wraps to steam food
http://heavytable.com/cooking-with-banana-flower/

7. Wild Amaranth
 Edible Part: Leaves
& seeds
 Benefits: Contains
calcium, iron, potass
ium, phosphorus, vit
amins A, C and E
http://www.eattheweeds.com/amaranth-grain-vegetable-icon/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcrZ5XYcbvk

8. Purslane
 Edible Part: Leaves,
flowers, stems
 Benefits: It has vitamin A,
B, C and E — six times
more E than spinach —
beta carotene — seven
times more of that than
carrots — magnesium,
calcium, potassium, folate,
lithium, iron and is 2.5%
protein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tw8DcGAGmo
http://www.eattheweeds.com/purslane-omega-3-fatty-weed/

9. Spanish Needle
 Edible Part: Leaves
& Flower
 Benefits:
Antimicrobial
 Other Uses:
Attracts pollinators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrAk_4r7Egc
http://www.eattheweeds.com/spanish-needles-pitchfork-weed/

10. Bitter melon
 Edible Part: Green
pod when cooked
 Benefits: Medicinal
 Other Uses:
Shading vine
http://freshfromyouryard.org/2009/10/15/balsam-pear-momordica-charantia/
http://www.eattheweeds.com/bitter-gourd-balsam-pear-pharmacy-on-a-fence/

11. Virginia Creeper
 Edible Part: Fruit-
raw, Stalk-
cooked, root-cooked
 Benefits: Medicinal
 Other Uses: Dye
http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/p/parthenocissus-quinquefolia=virginia-creeper.php

12. Palms
 Edible Part: Shoots,
seeds, heart,
leaves, sap see link
below
 Benefits: Highly
nutritious
 Other Uses:
Shelter, fiber
http://www.quisqualis.com/tv01ediblepalms.html

13. Night Blooming Cactus
 Edible Part:
Fruit, unopened
flower and seeds
 Other Uses: Juice
can be used to
make moonshine
http://www.eattheweeds.com/cereus-today-not-tomorrow/

14. Spiderwort
 Edible Part:
Flowers, leaves, stal
k
 Other Uses: Sap
used on skin
conditions
http://www.eattheweeds.com/spiderwort-pocahontas-and-gamma-rays/

15. Hibiscus
 Edible Part: Flower
and young leaves
http://www.eattheweeds.com/mallow-madness-the-false-roselle/

16. Spineless Cactus
 Edible Part: Young
pads & fruit
 Note: Use rubber
gloves to rub
paddles clean peel
off skin and use like
an onion
 Other uses: Attracts
bees, butterflies and
hummingbirds
http://www.eattheweeds.com/cactus-dont-be-spineless/