How Do You Get Food From A Wild Rose Plant?
You are lost in the wilderness. For several days you’ve been wandering, finding fresh water here and there, building crude shelters at night, surviving. But your stomach is rumbling and you know you need to rest, drink–and eat. Having found another fresh water source and erected a makeshift shelter, the time has come now to forage for food. If you are lost in an area of open woods in the Northern Hemisphere, you are most likely not far from a wild rose plant–meaning sustenance is near. Here’s how to get it. Learn how to identify a wild rose plant. A shrub, the wild rose can grow anywhere between two and eight feet high. Look for sharp prickles and alternate leaves. The wild rose plant’s fruit–called the rose hip–grows year-round, even in winter (see photo). The wild rose plant also produces a flower, which can be red, yellow or pink in color. Locate a wild rose plant. Harvest the wild rose flower. Eat it raw or boil it in a pot of water over a fire. Harvest the wild rose flower bud
