"Frogleg" wrote in message
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Go get a book on wild edibles. There're heaps of things you *can* eat,
and some that are really tasty. A few to avoid. You probably have more
scope than in an urban setting, but a lot of weeds are edible --
dandelion, of course; plaintain; lamb's quarters; peppergrass. The
trouble with a lot of wild greens is that many tend toward the bitter
side, and are good for accents, not a whole salad. I believe many of
those can be cooked with a little 'side meat' (bacon of some sort) and
a sprinkling of sugar. So nice to be able to eat something that was
no trouble to cultivate. :-)

My mother has given me a bunch of weed and wildflower books, and I have 4
wild edibles books. So I feel pretty well prepared to identify good stuff
and avoid the bad.

And talk about no trouble to cultivate grin... No watering, rarely any
insect damage at all, etc. So much fun to get something for nothing.

I gather enough for a small salad every day, of mostly nonbitter greens,
some wild and some cultivated. We have thousands of sweet white violets;
their young leaves are nice and neutral, though I understand they can cause
tummy upset if you eat a lot of them (whatever that quantity is). I toss in
parsley from my garden, and maybe a (cultivated) daylily blossom or 2, or
hibiscus, rose petals & some corn-salad. Yum.

I tried young curly dock the other day, boiled, and it was *great stuff.*
Quite mild, a bit of lemony tang.

Kathleen