MMMmmmm free weeds
Posted on 02/14/2009 10:03:07 AM PST by djf
I have decided to start a thread focusing on edible weeds. Many of the common plants we see everyday are edible, and while most are not hugely palatable or nutritious, a few are truly very good.
If you would like to post a recipe, please post recipes related to these plants only.
As always, an extreme amount of caution is advised. It's probably true that 90 percent or so of plants are actually edible, there is a small percentage that if you eat them, you WON'T have to worry about eating again!
Oleander comes to mind, it would take less than two leaves to kill an average person.
So be careful.
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Replant a Victory Garden at the White House - http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/43
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Petition Due Date:
February 25, 2009
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This petition drive is part of the Eat the View campaign (EatTheView.org) which is seeking to plant healthy food gardens in high-profile, high-impact places. What better, more symbolic place to start than at the White House, “America’s House?”
This petition drive is part of the Eat the View campaign (EatTheView.org) which is seeking to plant healthy food gardens in high-profile, high-impact places. What better, more symbolic place to start than at the White House, “America’s House?” (show less)
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A garden at the White House that will inspire millions of Americans and people around the world to grow some healthy, tasty, and environmentally-responsible food of their own.
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To: President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama
We petition that…
you instruct the White House’s 13-person grounds crew to plant an organic Victory Garden on the First Lawn with the produce going to the White House kitchen and local food pantries. The White House is “America’s House” and should serve as a model at a time of economic and environmental crisis. In setting aside even a small part of the White House’s 18 acres for this garden and eating from it, you would not be breaking with tradition, but returning to it (the White House has had organic food gardens before) and leading by personal example on global challenges such as economic security, food security, climate change, health care, and energy independence.
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I don’t know about plebian...but in my area you get very few berries per plant.
Thimbleberry grows big patches but the berry can be mealy and again not many on a plant.
Garden Ping!!!!
Now for me to start reading :)
It looks like black nightshade to me. A common weed in the Midwest
Problems with black walnut:
You have to get to them before the squirrels.
You have to get past the husk.
They hurt when they land on you while you’re mowing the lawn under them.
And they stink to high heaven to boot!
Wild Hops?
Several years ago we dug prohibition survivor hops from a road cut. Had to plant them in several places over a couple years. They eventually grew over a window trellis, probably 25 ft long and produced hops and made a lovely shade for West facing windows. My son made beer from them and IT WAS WONDERFULLY SMOOTH AND FLAVORFUL. Don’t know the variety...but was plentifully planted in the area before prohibition made people pull out their plants.
I will have to move it again this year.
In the NW the nightshade berry is red....leaves look about the same....as they say “red beware.”
Huh?
You eat the roots?
So what are the recipies for ants, and flys?
I shouldn’t eat bees?
Much welcome LucyJo.
The way to tell if the prickly pear fruit is ripe= if there are green fruits on th plant, none of them are ripe. When they all turn color, they are ripe.
Nopalitos are the tender young pads of the prickly pear. The way to harvest them, and "tunas" the prickly pear fruit, is to peel half the thorns off with a knife, while still on the plant. Once you have a thornless place to grip, cut the noplito or the tuna off the plant and finish peeling the thorns. We planted one in our back yard. Here are some good nopalito recipes.
In the southwest there are wild peppers, "chile piquins" which ar related to the Asian bird pepper. Don't rub your eyes while picking them (or pee).
“Does that make any sense?”
My FRiend, it makes all the sense in the world. I think many of us are longing for simpler things these days what with all the craziness going on.
Ditto, Di!
Although it was dreary and raw today, and we got a lot done in the greenhouse in between customers! LOL
You can get stained gathering black walnuts and removing the husks if you aren’t careful, but they are worth the trouble!
Elderberries. I remember my grandmother and mother making elderberry jelly.
http://www.elderberries.com/elderberry-sambucus-info/
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