Do you know this plant by Glechoma hederacea, ground ivy, gill-over-the-ground, alehoof, field balm, runaway robin, or our favorite, creepin’ Charlie?If you haven’t noticed seeing it in your yard, you may have noticed smelling it- when crushed underfoot or mowed, it gives off a strong herbal sage-like aroma. Although often cursed by gardeners for its invasive habits, this purple-flowered plant has even more uses for humans that it has names. We like to leave it flowering for our pollinator frien

All the edible species growing in and around our garden beds that I could ID! 🌱 ✅ Lambs quarters, Chenopodium album ✅ Chamomile, Matricaria chamomile ✅ Sweet clover, Melilotus sp. ✅ Kochia, Bassia scoparia ✅ Broadleaf plantain, Plantago major ✅ Curly dock, Rumex crispus ✅ Common mallow, Malva negelecta ✅ Tufted evening primrose, Oenothera caespitosa ✅ Salsola, Kali tragus ✅ Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale ✅ Tansy mustard, Descurainia sophia ✅ Horseweed, Erigeron canadensis 🐶 Tilia monster A do

The peeled new shoots and fast-growing tips of a number of edible sumacs (genus Rhus) make good trail snacks. These small trees have elongated, pinnately compound leaves that burst from the growing tips like palm leaves. To date I have enjoyed those of staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) and smooth sumac (Rhus glabra). Both have serrated leaflets, and staghorn sumac has fuzzy stalks. Tree of heaven or alianthus (Ailanthus altissima) appears similar. Its leaflets have entire margins but for a small lob