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Has anyone mentioned Aronia-- chokeberry?  
 


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> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:10:38 -0500
> From: sherlocksmith
> To: nafex
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Best edible plants in Zone 5 rain garden?
>
> I know of butternuts (the ones that are surviving the canker) that live on 
> regularly spring flooded riverbanks here. Ostrich ferns are also very 
> popular, beautiful, and delicious, and survive and thrive in lots of soil 
> types including wet areas. Also, I second the recommendation of elderberry 
> and know of one spot with elderberry, highbush cranberry, black raspberry, 
> and wild hops all growing together on the side of a riverbank. Sam Thayer's 
> book "The Forager's Harvest" is a great resource for wild edibles (many of 
> which can handle flooding). A lot of the plants he mentions are available 
> in selected varieties from nurseries.
>
>
> Link to book:
> http://www.foragersharvest.com/
>
> -Sherlock
> Northern VT
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