Tastes Like Lemonade and Grows on Every Ohio Roadside - Why Does Everybody Cut It Down?

Six lemons make a pitcher of lemonade, and at the store that runs four or five dollars. A pitcher's worth stands on the bank below my house every August, and the county mower takes it down. I cooked for four hundred children a day for thirty-five years in Scioto County, Ohio, and before that I walked the river road behind my mother, who knew every plant on it by name. These are eight of them. Every one is a plant somebody around here mows, sprays, pulls or cuts down. ⚠️ The rule: if you cannot name a plant with certainty, it does not go in your mouth. Every county in Ohio has an extension office that will look at a leaf and a photograph for you. Never pick where roads, railroads or lawns are sprayed, or within reach of traffic. Eat a little the first time, and keep children and pets from grazing behind you. If a cashew has ever given you trouble, skip the sumac. This week: one walk down your own fence row with a notebook, and one rag tied on one redbud. Now settle something for me in the comments: in your family, did the sumac lemonade win or the persimmon pudding? And what county was that argument in? I am a retired school cook, not a botanist or a doctor. Nothing in this video is medical advice. Have every wild plant identified by someone qualified before you eat it. #Foraging #WildEdibles #OldFashioned