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  1. Handy article, lots of good leads. Can’t say I was as resourceful as you with my time in Japan, but you’ve given me many good ideas for the WNC mountains. God bless your continued recovery! marv in the mountains

  2. Thank you for your article and the great information you provided! We’re in the process of moving to a farm and will dedicate some of our land to a few of the vegetables you mentioned! Also, very glad to hear of your continued health–I’ll be looking forward to reading your next article in two years! Take care.

  5. Every pioneer and even folks who know the “old ways” know that the woods and fields are filled with edible greens. The West Virginians celebrate with their RAMP Festivals. Dandelions that most Americans hate are wonderful. In Victorian times they has Dandelion Clubs. Ma used to go early in the morning to the pasture (Connecticut) and dig up the tender young ones, wash, boil up like spinach. Full of goodness. There are wonderful books with color photos of plants and berries to eat and those NOT to eat. Owning one for your location is great addition to library.

  6. Malabar spinach is not a perennial but it has hundreds of seeds that will fall off and grow again as volunteers if you live in a warm climate, plus it is a plant that loves hot summers when most plants do not.

  7. Wishing you continued good luck!

    Very nice article. There’s an underlying lesson in it, and in comments such as Robert’s. Quote-unquote scientific gardening rules are sometimes hokum. Crop rotation is one such. Self-seeded plants, sweet potatoes that get left in, and so forth over the years adapt to particular environmental conditions. I’ve even had self-seeded celery come up year after year!

    Thanks for the list of sources!

  8. I often make trips to the “onion capitol” of Oregon; the area South & West of Ontario Oregon. In the fall the onions are loaded onto huge side dump trucks for their trip to the processing/storage plants. But they are overloaded and at every turn onions fall off the trucks. When I first began to notice this I just thought it was a little funny and odd but after awhile I began to look for the onion troves and pulled over to pick them up. Now I carry a large laundry basket in the car and on my fall trips I fill the basket with onions fresh from the field many still carrying the dirt from the farmers field. I different sort of “wild edible”.

  9. Thank you for your comment about living with Glioblastoma. It’s now been almost 2.5 years for my sister as well! She just had her second surgery last month to remove some new tumor growth but she is living life to the fullest!
    My God bless you and heal your body.

  10. Thanks for the nice article with your excellent recommendations. I am just beginning to seriously garden as I had a nice crop of several annuals last year. Have expanded our garden’s footprint this year. I am planning on trying at least a couple of your recommendations this year as we have 5 acres of property to work with.

    Glad to hear you’re doing well recovering from the cancer. We’ll keep you in thought and prayer. This life we live is truly a miracle.

  11. Great article. It makes great sense for people to buy some of these plant them all over the place and hope they take root for future use. Johnny Vegamatic like…..

  12. Horseradish belongs on your list. It is a perennial that comes up early in the spring. The leaves as well as roots are edible. The leaves are a bit spicy (like the roots) but have a wonderful flavor when cooked with other leaf veggies like chard, kale, cabbage, collards, and broccoli. Young leaves can be used whole and chopped up but the center stalk on older leaves is tough and should be removed.

  13. Thank you for a most interesting article. I am going to try some of those in my garden. Last year I went on a day long field trip sponsored by the local University Extension office. Two local experts took us all around the forests and wetlands in the area and showed us edible plants and herbs. One that is ubiquitous around here is cattails, which can provide a lot of nutrition. In all my long life I never knew it was edible. Here is a great article which describes how to identify true cattails and proper steps of preparation: http://www.eattheweeds.com/cattails-a-survival-dinner/

  15. what a great article, everyone should know these things. I will be doing some research into this perennial vegetable gardening. This is a great survival technique .

  17. First, congratulations on your continued thriving life.

    Second, thank you for this fine thought-provoking article.

    Third, my friend Patti recommended hostas for food. I looked it up: http://www.mofga.org/Publications/The-Maine-Organic-Farmer-Gardener/Spring-2013/Tip Patti nailed it.

    Fourth, dandelion roots are, in my opinion, even better than the leaves and I get more nutrition for my spent harvesting. YMMV.

    Fifth, what a great story from Anon. Free food on the roadside.

    Carry ob

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