My favorite treat when in NYC -- maitake power!

Calendula the ever blooming flower. Yummy in winter soups.

Drying calendula for infusion and winter soaps. Known as the pot marigold used for 100s of years for winter soups, antimicrobial/bacterial.

Basking in the sun.

Beautiful double infusion of calendula flowers, good for the skin and fruit tree trunks.

Hen and chicks surrounding some hardy kale and yummy, wild chickweed.

Ashwagandha roots! It won't last the winter in this climate so dug up after first hard frost -- a great tonic, known as Indian ginseng.

Mmmmm, mycelium -- the start of homegrown oyster mushrooms.

Free food for the masses

Elderberries in the wild