Cleavers a edible wild food foraging plant that is sometimes called Goosegrass or Bedstraw and 3 parts the seeds, leaves, stems can all be eaten. Many plants just like cleavers are ready sources of protein, vitamins and minerals, much like their farm raised crops. The key to foraging is being able to tell the difference between what is edible and what should should avoid.

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When it comes to being stranded in a strange place far away from anywhere you are familiar with would you be able to survive? Chances are the answer to that question would be no, unless you were skilled in foraging. That is the ability to locate locally grown edible plants and roots found in the wild. Just about anywhere you go in the country there are any number of edible plants that are going wild at this very moment.

Scientific name: Galium aparine
Abundance: plentiful
What: seeds, leaves, stems
How: seeds roasted for coffee, leaves/stems raw though better cooked; tea from stems & leaves
Where: fields, yards, woods, sunny areas
When: Fall, Winter, Spring
Nutritional Value: Vitamin C
Dangers: They can be eaten raw but their tiny hairs irritate most people. Cooking them removes this problem.

The subject of this article is the Cleaver Plant and how it can be safely used as a food source.

Cleavers are often used as a source of vitamin C in assorted bottled fruit juices and the same vitamin C benefits can be acquired from cleaver tea. Take fresh, green cleaver leaves and stems and chop them up before steeping in hot water for 10 minutes. The resulting tea will have a beautiful green color. Cleaver tea has a mild “green” taste which can be made more interesting by adding leaves, flowers, or bark of more flavorful plants.

Slightly older Cleavers, while still tender, make a good boiled greens addition to your meal. Be sure to drink or somehow use the resultant broth as it’s rich in vitamin C. If after boiling 10 minutes the Cleaver stems are still stiff/woody the plant is too old to eat but the broth will still by good to drink.

Benefits of reading and following CLEAVERS a Edible Wild Food Foraging Plant

● Being able to identify a source of food in case you are ever stranded in the wilderness is invaluable

● It describes in depth the nutritional value and how it would compare to a farm raised food crop

● It also describes in detail how to identify it and includes numerous photos for a visual representation

● You will also read about the many ways you can prepare the Cleaver in order to eat it

Click here to read about CLEAVERS a Edible Wild Food Foraging Plant:

http://www.eattheweeds.com/galium-aparine-goosegrass-on-the-loose-2/

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