The other day I was thinking about some of the yummy things that are provided for us by nature, some in our own backyards, others in the woods...  I was tickled pink to find some new dandilion greens sprouting up the other day... the blossoms hadn't quite come out.  The greens are great with romaine lettuce, fresh leaf lettuce from the garden, some cheez (fresh grated parmisean is great!) a few baby carrots, maybe a raddish & green oninons... mmm... throw a mater on there and you've got a doosey.

Something else good is homemade rootbeer.  I don't recall where I read a recipe, but one my grandma & I came up with was good.  We found some small sasafrass saplings and dug at the roots.  We broke off a bit, but didn't take it all because we didn't want to kill the tree.  We ended up with about 3 regular size carrots worth (not sure how to explain it otherwise)... we put on a kettle of water and after scrubbing the roots good we broke em up to fit and put them into the pot.  Then we broght them to a boil, shut off the heat and let them steep for about 20 minutes.  Strained the brew and added a little sweetner (we used that splenda & sugar stuff).  We chilled it for a day and oh was it good.  Non-carbonated of course, but good... :D