Posted on 03/15/2013 3:25:57 PM PDT by greeneyes
Legend says that St. Patrick used the lowly Shamrock to explain the Trinity to the people of Ireland — Father, Son, Holy Spirit, 3 in 1. Do NOT scorn the Shamrock, especially around St. Patrick’s day. ;-)
/johnny
Sounds AWFUL! I’ll have to look that up.
Scientific Name
Oxalis spp.
Common Name Shamrock, lucky clover, good luck plant
Tender stems and leaves can be steeped in hot water. Use liquid as a sour lemonade-type drink. For tea, use a handful of leaves per pint of water. Add to salads for a lemony taste. Cook with greens to enhance mild flavors. Remove stems if too stringy. Use flowers raw in salads or as cooked greens. Add young seed pods to salads or cook with the leaves and stems. Clean tubers and roots and eat raw or cooked with the greens, seeds, and flowers. SOURCE: Larson, Ken. 1995. God's Free Harvest, Rhema Publishing, Inc., Suwanee, GA. 231 pp. Peterson, L. 1978. A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 330 pp.
and from Wild Edible Plants: Wood Sorrel (Oxalis Acetosella):
It has been consumed by humans around the world. In Dr. James Duke’s “Handbook of Edible Weeds,” he notes that the Kiowa Indian tribe chewed wood sorrel to alleviate thirst on long trips, that the Potawatomi Indians cooked it with sugar to make a dessert, the Algonquin Indians considered it an aphrodisiac, the Cherokee ate wood sorrel to alleviate mouth sores and a sore throat, and the Iroquois ate wood sorrel to help with cramps, fever and nausea.
It has a tangy, tart, lemony taste that goes very well with many foods, especially salads and fish.
Count thy blessings, and feast upon "shamrocks" on Saint Paddy's Day!
Top o' th' world to ye!
Saturday 12:30 pm: My wife and I just returned from a three day trip to our house and property. Temps were in the mid to high 60s low 70s. We were there the last week of January, which saw some nice warm weather also. This trip I had to mow the lawn and used the grass pick up attachment - took me two days to mow one acre of lawn and pick up pine needles. Freeper tillacum had sent me JustaDumbBlonde’s address Which is in Delhi, La and is located along I-20 and about 40 miles from Vicksburg, Ms. When passing past Delhi I was looking on the north side of the interstate and BINGO! A nice break in the treeline and there sat the equipment barn with the solar panels on one side of the roof and close by was the pond where her Geese make their home. Most of y’all have seen the pictures of these in her posts on the Garden Thread. The equipment shed had one of their huge green tractors parked in it. It was just a quick glimpse, while doing 70 on the interstate, of a couple of familiar sights she has posed about here. I recognized them immediately. I have not tried to contact by mail and will pass on to anyone via PReepMail if they would like her address.
She sent me this in April last year - “I am on I-20 40 miles east of Monroe and 40 miles west of Vicksburg. You pass my house every time you come through.”
So I am positive I saw her equipment shed and pond.
my new job is going well, so this week I splurged and ordered some trees. Apple, pear, and juneberry.
There was an article in one of my magazines about biochar. Looks like it might be what my soil needs. I’ve got rich soil, it’s just very heavy, clay soil. The equipment shown in the article was huge, heavy, clumsy, and took way too much lifting. I’m pretty sure I can design a more efficient set-up, so I’m toying with a few ideas.
Had my first biopsy this week. About halfway through it the terms being used changed, from “fibroids” to “polyps”. Not exactly comforting! Still waiting to hear on the results.
Had some crazy days at work. It’s the second week out of training for more than half the staff. I’m one of 2 QA people listening in on everyone’s calls and grading them. So, why one guy thought it was appropriate to ask me out, and then start bringing me presents after I turned him down, I’ll never know! And the fact that he’d been wearing a wedding ring up until that day, just adds a whole ‘nother level of creepiness to the deal. I had to let his manager know what was happening. We’ll see if the message sank in this time.
Oxalis (wood sorrel) and chickweed are the main ingredients in my spring tonic!
I once had a flowerpot so full of wood sorrel that nothing else could sprout. I was feeling creative, so I picked some big burdock leaves and layered them on top as a mulch. It worked, I was able to grow some yummy peas in that pot.
Newspapers or cardboard would probably work, too.
I hadn’t thought of feeding them BOSS until I read it on backyardchickens. Could have been growing these all along. We will this year though!
Bermuda is an invasive pest in most areas, but Lowes sells it by the bagful of seed. Go figure that.
I ordered some flowers seed packets from a west coast supplier and they sent me several free packets with my order...Oxalis. That is like a southerner sending out sprouts of cudzu.
I've spent a solid 7 hours working like a mule. I think it's time for a beer and to prop my feets.
/johnny
Thank you, Red. The grass does grow quickly when ther’s moisture and nice war weather. You should see my small area behind my garden shed, it looks like aforest. Gotta get my man over here. I’m going to lay some black plastic and cover it with pea gravel, then fill it with pots, bushes, and potted flowers. My whole back yard it full of pots....soil is all gray and black clay. I mow the weeds.
I dropped her a note sometime in the fall a wished her well and that all her FRiends where thinking of her and praying.
I did not get an immediate reply, but later got a Christmas card from her and her hub with their same La. address on it.
I guess all is well with her and if she is reading this by any chance, we are going to plant some more of the okra seeds that she sent last year.
We got a Christmas card from her, also. Same Delhi address as ever.
First year the okra fizzled. Last year it did better; actually was able to harvest enough to have 2 or 3 batches of fried okra, plus some in other things. I’ll plant her seeds again this year, and more of them, and hope the improvement continues.
Good to see you around again, too, Red.
LOL! I like “war weather”!
Yes I am still around. Planning to plant and grow more tomatoes this year. Expand my raised garden to include another 6’X6’. The weather has been very nice here in NE Texas and the stores are full of tomato starts. I am glad to hear from both of you that JustaDumbBlonde has communicated via Christmas cards this past year. I told her last year that Peggy and I had honked the horn when we passed by. She could have actually heard it.
I am glad that you are expanding to another raised bed. I hope that you will chime in a little more often this year.
On another note, it’s a good thing you don’t live in Alabama and make homebrew.
http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/03/mobile_county_prosecutor_disci.html
Since I no longer make the Mobile to Dallas run periodically, I don’t use I-20 anymore, but when I did I sometimes stopped at Crazy Bob’s BBQ in Kilgore tx. for a smoked hamburger. They only have them occasionally, but they are huge, smokey, and have large slices of hand cut tomato, onion, lettuce. I don’t know how they can sell them for only $3 or $4. They are the most impressive burger that I have ever had anywhere.
Well last year I was debating whether to have an in ground garden or raised beds. I even had the soil tested. I finally decided for a raised bed and I got a late start in planting my tomatoes. I had lots of beautiful flowers but they never had a chance to develop into tomatoes when the hot weather hit this area. I will be planting early this year, end of March. I need to replenish my supply of home canned tomatoes.
We can’t can tomatos, they get eat the day they get picked from our tiny garden. We can consume 4 or 5 maters per day :)
We only have 12 mater plants, about 6 peppers of various kind, and will be putting in some cushaw squash, and maybe something else, probably green onions. I have a grassy strip between the garden and the woods where I am going to plant some watermelons this year for the first time.
Not much sun in this yard. We have a second sunny spot out back where we planted some okra last year. I had the tree guys trim some limbs off to let more sun in. My wife is going to plant some zenias in one row, but doesn’t yet have a plan for the rest other than a row or two of okra.
Spring is in full bloom here, azaleas, bridal wreath, red bud, dogwoods, all the trees are leafing out, cars are covered in yellow pollen. Next comes my wife’s allergy attacks. :(
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