Collect free wild plants in your home or garden now in February

Many people turn to store-bought vegetables like iceberg lettuce, Cucumbers OR Tomatoesto meet your vitamin and mineral needs. But did you know that free wild plants growing in nature are often many times more nutritious? Not only are they sustainable and free, but they also offer real added value for your health. In this article I will show you why wild plants are a real alternative to conventional vegetables, including concrete comparisons.

Why are wild plants so healthy?

Wild plants often have to grow in harsh conditions in nature. They therefore develop a high concentration of vitamins, minerals and secondary plant substances for protection from parasites, UV radiation and environmental stress. This nutrient density also benefits us when we consume it. By comparison, many supermarket vegetables grow in monocultures, on depleted soil and with high water content, which often leads to lower nutrient content.

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Wild plants and supermarket vegetables: a comparison of nutrients

Here are some examples of how common wild plants are more nutrient-dense than popular vegetables like iceberg lettuce, cucumber, and tomato:

1. Nettle (Urtica dioica) and iceberg lettuce

• Vitamin C:
  Nettle: 330 mg/100 g
  Iceberg lettuce: 3 mg/100 g
  → Nettles contain over 100 times more vitamin C than iceberg lettuce!
• Soccer:
  Brennnessel: 480 mg/100 g
  Iceberg lettuce: 18 mg/100 g
  → Nettles provide 26 times more calcium.

Inspiration for garden and health

Want to learn more about edible wild and medicinal plants in your area? Then you should take a look at our Aissues of the Kräuterkeller magazine not to be missed (available here). We create this magazine ourselves and only print a small edition, which we package ourselves and send to the post office. We include a small greeting in every order. You can look forward to it. So it’s best to order directly from our store www.die-moderne-Kräuterhexe.de our new edition or set.

2. Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) vs. cucumber

• Eisen:
  Dandelion: 3.1 mg/100 g
  Cucumber: 0.3 mg/100 g
  → Dandelion contains over 10 times more iron.
• Beta-carotene (precursor of vitamin A):
  Parsley: 14,000 µg/100 g
  Cucumber: 200 µg/100 g
  → A huge difference for eye health and immune system!

3. Groundweed (Aegopodium podagraria) vs. tomato

• Magnesium:
  Greedy: 37 mg/100 g
  Tomato: 11 mg/100 g
  → Giersch provides three times more magnesium, important for muscles and nerves.
• Vitamin C:
  Groundweed: 200 mg/100 g
  Tomato: 25 mg/100 g
  → Giersch is eight times richer in vitamin C.

All these wild plants explained in detail

Do you want a useful and practical herbal book that shows you the most precious local wild plants right in your home? So our book is “With wild herbs and medicinal plants all year round“(available here) right for you. It is ideal for all beginners and wild herb enthusiasts. Only local wild herbs are presented. We have documented them ourselves and will explain how to recognize them and use them even in the kitchen and in the medicine cabinet. Our books and our seasonal calendar are in our shop www.die-moderne-Kräuterhexe.de available.

Additional benefits of wild plants

• Secondary plant substances: Wild plants often contain bitter substanceswhich stimulate digestion and liver function, something that has often been hidden in cultivated vegetables.
• Antioxidants: They protect our cells from oxidative stress and prevent chronic diseases.
• Sustainability: Wild plants require no artificial irrigation, none fertilizer and without pesticides: they grow on their own. So you don’t even have to work with them. Compared to growing lettuce in your garden.

How to use wild plants?

Wild plants can be easily integrated into your daily life:

• Nettles: Perfect for tea, smoothies or as Spinach-Replace in soups.
• Dandelion: Ideal for salads, pesto or as an infusion.
• Giersch: Wonderful for Pestoquiche or green juices.

Conclusion

Wild plants are real nutritional packages, especially fresh when they sprout very young and far superior to many purchased vegetables. Not only are they free, but they are also incredibly versatile and sustainable. So why not take some nettles or dandelions with you on your next walk and try them? Or you can specifically observe wild herbs as they grow. If you don’t have much experience yet and are unsure about harvesting, you can easily order wild herb seed sets from us and sow them in pots or flower beds and then closely observe how the plants grow. This way you can learn about them at every stage of growth and then continue to know what kind of plants they are when you go for a walk and enjoy nature. Nature is a wonderful teacher! Here All right to the Samensets.

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