Wild Greens: Turn Weeds into a Great Salad in Winter or Spring

Here are wild greens and common yard weeds that can be turned into great salads, anytime the weather is cool and wet. Even in the winter, if the ground isn't frozen. They are common weeds of the spring, too, in many lawns, gardens, and untended areas in neighborhoods and parks.

I pick 16 weeds from my yard. I give you tips for making a great wild salad. I top my salad with plants from the wild and from my garden -- even homegrown ripe tomatoes on December 31! And I have a New Year's Eve cocktail made from my Black Locust Flower Gin. Have a great year of foraging and eating!

I made this salad as part of my annual personal challenge to make a wild salad on the last day of every year.
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Wild Plant List (in order of appearance)
Cats-ear - Hypochaeris radicata
Yellow Archangel or Yellow Dead-nettle - Lamiastrum galeobdolon
Cleavers - Galium aparine
Nipplewort - Lapsana communis
Narrowleaf plantain - Plantago lanceolate
Purple deadnettle - Lamium purpureum
Borage - Borago officinalis
Common sowthistle - Sonchus oleraceus
Lemon balm - Melissa officinalis
Hedge mustard - Sisymbrium officinale
Chickweed - Stellaria media
Curly dock - Rumex crispus
Common mallow - Malva neglecta
Wild field mustard – Brassica rapa
Wild chives – Allium vinale
Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale
Yucca – Yucca gloriosa
Black locust - Robinia pseudoacacia
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Videos on specific plants mentioned in this video:
Hedge Mustard -    • Picking Hedge Mustard: with cooking tips  
Wild Field Mustard -    • Wild Field Mustard: How to Pick and P...  
Wild Chives -    • Foraging Wild Chives - Yard Weeds You...  
Black Locust Flower Cocktails -    • Black Locust Gin Cocktails  
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Like Wild Salads? Here's a whole playlist of wild salads:
Wild Salads -    • Wild Salads: Foraging Wild Edible Pla...  

If you like your cooked wild greens, here's a playlist about preparing your harvest:
Cooking Wild Greens -    • Wild Greens Recipes: You Can Cook Del...  

If you want to improve your foraging skills, here's my playlist - Foraging: Real Food for Regular People -    • In the Garden  
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Here are my playlists about specific wild plants:

Dandelions -    • Dandelions: Foraging Wild Edible Plants  

Wild Mustard Plants -    • Wild Mustard Plants: Great Wild Edibl...  

Elderberry -    • Elderberry Bushes, Flowers and Berrie...  

Spruce Trees -    • Spruce Trees: Foraging Wild Edible Pl...  

Pine Trees -    • Pine Trees: Foraging Wild Edible Plants  

Redbud Trees -    • Redbud Trees: Foraging Wild Edible Pl...  

Detailed ID of Wild Mushrooms -    • Wild Mushrooms - Deep Dive into Ident...  
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