Discover the wild edible foods around you—and learn the essentials of safe, smart, and sustainable foraging.

Foraging can turn an ordinary walk into a treasure hunt. But before you start gathering wild foods, it pays to know the basics. The Eat the Weeds Deck packs practical foraging guidance into a portable set of 50 reference cards, organized into five easy-to-navigate sections to help you become a more knowledgeable and responsible forager: Getting Started with Foraging, Botany Basics, Know the Toxic Plants Near You, Easy Starter Plants, and Nutrition & Wild Foods.

Begin with essential dos and don’ts, including positive identification, choosing safe places to forage, harvesting responsibly, and learning from trusted local experts. Build your plant-identification skills with approachable lessons in botany, from leaves and stems to flowers, fruits, seeds, and roots. Learn why experienced foragers get to know their local toxic plants first, with examples of dangerous species and potentially confusing lookalikes. Then build your confidence with easy starter plants—wild edibles that are great for beginners.

You’ll meet approachable wild edibles such as dandelions, cattails, nettles, mulberries, wild strawberries, and more, along with helpful information about their uses and nutritional benefits. Perfect for foragers, gardeners, nature lovers, and anyone curious about wild foods, the Eat the Weeds Deck is an inviting introduction to a rewarding outdoor pursuit—and a handy companion to the comprehensive book Eat the Weeds.

Deck Features:

• Essential foraging safety, ethics, and best practices
• Botany basics for understanding plant-identification clues
• Toxic plants, dangerous lookalikes, and common hazards
• Beginner-friendly wild edibles to start learning
• Nutritional insights into useful wild foods