Late Summer Yarden
It's really easy to feel completely overwhelmed looking at such an overgrown space. Our yard has been on autopilot for the past 2 months aside from a couple of weed-trimming endeavors along the pathways and watering. I decided to take what I thought would be a 5 minute wander to see what needs to be gathered for edible/medicinal eating, drying, tincturing & oil infusing. I am truly in awe at the abundance of our late summer mostly wild harvest.

My 5 minute walk turned out to be more like 20 minutes as I wrote out a list of each plant & plans for it. There are others available that I don't need, so I'm letting them be. This list is from roughly more than half of our 1/5 acre (backyard & one side yard):
Yarrow (cultivated)
Jewelweed
Ragweed
Common Evening Primrose
Wild Carrot
Violet (transplants)
Passionflower (2 varieties: 1 cultivated, 1 wild)

Curly dock
Wild Cherry
Red Zinger Hibiscus (cultivated)
Lady's Thumb
Burdock
Kudzu
Elecampane (cultivated)
Tulsi Basil (cultivated)
Fig (transplanted)
Ground Ivy
Pineapple Sage (cultivated)
Spanish needles (Bidens) - new to me
Goldenrod
Mimosa
Poke
Fireweed
Amaranth
Wild Radish
Lambs Quarters
Creeping cucumber
Plantain
Pie pumpkins (planted 2 years ago & migrated to a different area)