Most wild edibles, especially fruits, grow only at certain times of the year.

Contrary to popular notion, wild edibles often are not plentiful.

As a rule, the farther you are from the equator, the less abundant wild edibles become.

The availability of wild edibles is region-specific.

So if you're in the Rocky Mountains, the best time to find wild edibles is really limited to spring and berry season.

I was unaware of the beautiful bounty that occupied our native woodlands, the wild edibles that had a long culinary tradition in Ireland.

The young children could gather nuts and berries in season and other wild edibles, and could pick up little tufts of wool shed by sheep.

These are listed later in this chapter as my Top Three Wild Edibles and Top Three Critters.

The Myth of Wild Edibles