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Purslane is a choice one. Very rich in Vitamin C and iron. Thoreau alludes to it in "Walden."
Mustard greens are good about this time before they get too hairy. There's lots of wild greens that are fit to eat, lots of them are invasive species so you're doing Nature a favor.
There are also pokeweed and milkweed sprouts. Once upon a time, people used to bury a pokeweed root in a box of dirt in the basement and harvest the sprouts all winter. They're good as long as there's no purple in them.
Hey, it's free food. Know what you're doing and go out there!
There's what looked like a pear tree to me right where the LIE westbound meets the BQE. The Queens botanical garden which use to be free has a lot of persimmon trees. And all over the city there are ginkgo trees which have edible seeds tough I'm not sure if they're edible raw.
You can use to below to find various fruit trees including apple and pear trees that are planted in the streets.
There's what looked like a pear tree to me right where the LIE westbound meets the BQE. The Queens botanical garden which use to be free has a lot of persimmon trees. And all over the city there are ginkgo trees which have edible seeds tough I'm not sure if they're edible raw.
You can use to below to find various fruit trees including apple and pear trees that are planted in the streets.
I think you have to roast them. One sees the Chinese folk harvesting them all the time.
You need gloves, however, the actual fruit is nasty.
Yeah the fruit smells like s**t. The Chinese use it for soups because it apparently has some medicinal properties. According to WebMD ginkgo seems to improve blood circulation and the seeds contains substances that might kill bacteria and fungi that cause infections in the body. But be cautions not to eat too much of it because there's also a toxin in it.
Ginkgo trees have sexes, it's only the female ones that shed the stanky fruit. An old gardener friend of mine used to handle nuisance customers by offering them a "gift" of a female ginkgo tree.
I don't think I'd trust any wild fruits/veggies in NYC!
Hence you should never ever buy at farmers markets in NYC especially in Brooklyn and never eat home grown veggies from friends living in gentrifying Brooklyn, Western Queens, or the Bronx. There's no telling how far toxic chemicals have spread in the underground watertable.
Wild chives grow all over queens and there used to be some wild berries in the parks. Lots of flowers are edible, too.
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