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A few minutes ago, I glanced out the front window and saw ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
42itous and her daughter in the front yard, so I went downstairs to say hi and ask what they were doing.
42itous showed me a bowl of nettle leaves, from the back yard, and I thanked her for going after them. She said she had barely made a dent;cattitude or I should go after them with gardening gloves and a long-sleeved shirt.
The front yard has some volunteer* lamb's-quarters, and 42itous was putting a bit of that into the bowl with the nettle leaves. I asked about eating it raw, and she said you could but it has no noticeable flavor, which I have now confirmed. I asked if she knew that wood sorrel is edible, and picked a bit to nibble on after she said yes, then they went home and I came back up here to have tea.
ETA: I try to note when I try new kinds of food—which for these purposes means something like lamb's-quarters or mangosteen, not a new recipe for goulash or cake. There are fewer of these as time goes on, not because I have less interest in novelty, but because I already tried more of the plants (and animals and fungi) that are known to be edible.
*a weed is a plant you don't want. I may pull these out if we need the space for cucumber, tomatoes, corn, or squash, but it doesn't show the mint's tendency to run rampant. Meanwhile, I had been thinking of buying milkweed seeds, but the question turns out to be whether/how much I will need to pull out so it doesn't shade the vegetables.
42itous and her daughter in the front yard, so I went downstairs to say hi and ask what they were doing.42itous showed me a bowl of nettle leaves, from the back yard, and I thanked her for going after them. She said she had barely made a dent;
cattitude or I should go after them with gardening gloves and a long-sleeved shirt.The front yard has some volunteer* lamb's-quarters, and 42itous was putting a bit of that into the bowl with the nettle leaves. I asked about eating it raw, and she said you could but it has no noticeable flavor, which I have now confirmed. I asked if she knew that wood sorrel is edible, and picked a bit to nibble on after she said yes, then they went home and I came back up here to have tea.
ETA: I try to note when I try new kinds of food—which for these purposes means something like lamb's-quarters or mangosteen, not a new recipe for goulash or cake. There are fewer of these as time goes on, not because I have less interest in novelty, but because I already tried more of the plants (and animals and fungi) that are known to be edible.
*a weed is a plant you don't want. I may pull these out if we need the space for cucumber, tomatoes, corn, or squash, but it doesn't show the mint's tendency to run rampant. Meanwhile, I had been thinking of buying milkweed seeds, but the question turns out to be whether/how much I will need to pull out so it doesn't shade the vegetables.