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Field Garlic & Wild Onions Are Flavorful Foraged Treats
Field garlic and wild onion are easy to spot (and smell), and their flavorful bulbs and leaves make for good dining, making them a forager s favorite find.
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We called this plant “onion grass” as kids. One can smell it while trimming the lawn at the end of mowing season.
We didn’t know we could eat it back then.
Field garlic (Allium vineale), wild onion (Allium canadense) and a few other less common species aren’t actually grasses but are bulbs in the vast family of Alliums. These include leeks, chives, ramps, onions and garlic.