Grow These 10 Plants For The Perfect Foragers Garden Paradise

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00:00Grow these 10 plants for the perfect forager's garden paradise.

00:05Wild Raspberry

00:07Native to temperate Europe and Asia, arching canes yield sweet red berries in midsummer,

00:12attracting birds and pollinators.

00:14Dandelion

00:16Eurasian native, dandelions have naturalized across the northern hemisphere.

00:20Early season greens and flowers enrich salads, attract hoverflies and ground-nesting bees.

00:27Stinging Nettle

00:28Nettles are native to woodlands across Europe, Asia, and North America.

00:32Harvest young shoots carefully.

00:34Cooking removes sting and yields nutrient-rich soup or tea.

00:39Wood Sorrel

00:40Shaded in woodlands native to Europe and North America, wood sorrels, tangy trifoliate leaves

00:46and flowers brighten salads and sauces.

00:49Chickweed

00:50Moist, fertile soils support this self-seeding annual.

00:54Its tender shoots and blooms in rich salads while attracting hoverflies and parasitic

00:58wasps.

00:59Purslane

01:00Native to Africa and the Mediterranean, purslane's succulent omega-3-rich leaves taste tangy raw

01:07or sautéed, and flowers attract bees and hoverflies.

01:12Elderberry

01:12European native shrub with late-summer purple berries and spring blossoms.

01:18Elderberry is ideal for syrups, cordials, and wildlife-friendly garden plantings.

01:24Wild strawberry

01:25The northern hemisphere's woodland ground cover.

01:28Partial shade yields intensely sweet berries in early summer, delighting foragers and finches

01:33alike.

01:35Garlic mustard

01:36Garlic mustard is an invasive North American weed with garlic-onion flavor.

01:41Harvesting young leaves before flowering both controls spread and enhances salads.

01:47Violet

01:48Violet's fragrant purple flowers can be candied or infused, lend well to floral perfume, and

01:54attract early pollinators.