* These are not comprehensive lists
MAY
Herbs (Dried Herbs always Available)
FRESH:
-Cilantro
-Parsley
-Green onions/chives
-garlic chives
-lemon balm
-sorrel
-thyme
-Rosemary
-Any Dried herbs
Greens
lettuces
-spinach
-swiss chard
Vegetables:
-Aparagus
-Mushrooms (Forage for Morrells & more…get a Identification book or two!
Foraging
-Stinging nettle
-dandelion leaves & root- tea
-wild leeks (ramps)
– Mushrooms (Morrell, Oyster)
-cowslips
-fiddleheads (this was an unseasonably warm ear so they were out earlier), *
Fruits
-Strawberries
-Rhubarb
-Cherries (usually…this year is a bad one for Michigan cherries, as they blossomed before the bees were awake due to the 90 degree days February and subsequent freeze), *
Animal- Derived
-Cheese
-Milk
-Eggs
-Meat
Other:
-Evergreens & Ornamentals
-Field Grown Cut Flowers
-Greenhouse-grown plants and Flowers
-Herbs
-Honey
-Jams and Jellies
-Maple Syrup
* These are not comprehensive lists