Wild Plants With Tim Corcoran And Ben Greenfield Video 4: Chickweed

Okay, so right here we've got chickweed. Chickweed is a really common wild edible plant. And we've got just a little patch of it right here. It likes to grow sometimes on the edge of lawns and in recently disturbed areas, which is like what we've got here. And what you can see here is chickweed grows. The leaves come out opposite one another. If you can take a look at these two leaves right here under my fingers, they come out opposite each other, right? And they've got that classic kind of eye shaped.

Circular coming to a point. And the edges of the leaves are very smooth. And they have little flowers with little white flowers with five parts that will flower during the summertime. And this is an amazing, amazing salad green. It's light and airy. It's full of vitamin C and vitamin A and is a really amazing addition to a wild salad or just to, you know, to your regular dinner salad anytime. You know that we're harvesting wild plants. They're so full of vitamins and minerals and life and the life force, you know, it's head and shoulders above anything you're going to find in the supermarket or even farmers market for that matter. Wild foods are so full of the life force and life energy. They're just so rich and good for us. This is a simple one, but a really classic and a real favorite. So definitely on my.