WE LEARNT ABOUT NUMMYS!

Off we go for a stroll

What is a Weed?
A plant whose virtues have never been discovered." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The 2nd of 3 "Wild Foraging" Workshops occurred on Sunday, July 23rd at Moose Meadows Farm in Bouchie Lake.   13 people braved the weather ranging from sunshine to rain storms for a stroll about the farm in search of edible, wild plants.  Some folks travelled from afar with one person from Williams Lake and another from Prince George.  This workshop focused more on edible flowers, fruits and berries although the use of wild plants as vegetables was certainly discussed.  We were introduced to the term "Nummys" - the inside pith of a thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)...  something worth trying as it is said to be "Nummy".

Below is a list of the plants that are edible that grow on or close to Moose Meadows

Sampling Pineapple Weed

Farm.

Over 30 edible plants grow at Moose Meadows Farm.  Many were sampled...

Birch (Paper) / Betula papyrifera
Burdock / Arctium lappa  ** 
Cattail / Thypha latifolia 
Chaga / Inonotus obliquus

Common Mallow / Malva neglectaCow Parsnip / Heracleum maximumCurrants / Ribes sp.
Dandelion / Taraxacum sp. 

Fiddleheads / Matteuccia struthiopteris

Fireweed / Chamerion angustifolium

Cattails

Goldenrod / Solidago canadensis
Highbush Cranberry / Viburnum edule
Lamb’s Quarters / Chenopodium album
Lilac / Syringa vulgaris  **
Lingdon Berries / Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Oregon Grape / Mahonia nervosa
Ox-eye Daisy / Leucanthemum vulgare **
Picea sp./ Spruce
Pineapple Weed (Wild Camomile) / Matricaria discoidea
Plantain / Plantago major

Raspberry / Rubus idaeus
Red Clover / Trifolium pratense
Saskatoon / Amelanchier alnifolia

Stinging Nettle

Stinging Nettle / Urtica diocia

Strawberry / Fragaria virginiana
Thimbleberry / Rubus parviflorus
Wild Rose / Rosa Acicularis

Yarrow/ Achillea millefolium

** Non-indigenous / Invasive

Thank you to Sandrine Flament of Baker Creek for the wonderful photos of our stroll.

Next and final "Foraging Workshop" will be on September 9th.