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season: early-spring
section: what the land is offering
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- chickweed, growing low and thick in damp spots. eat it raw or wilt it like spinach.
- henbit and purple dead-nettle, two of the first flowers. both edible, mild and green.
- dandelion greens, before the flowers open. bitter and good for you.
- wild onions and ramps, if you know where they grow. take only what you need.
- cleavers, the sticky sprawling weed. steep fresh as a spring tonic tea.
- violets, leaves and flowers both. the flowers candy well with sugar.

early spring foraging is mostly greens. the land is generous before the heat comes, offering what the body needs after a long winter of stored food.