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Old 21-04-2004, 07:03 PM
Brian
 
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Default Edible stuff in the front yard

Dandelions produce excellent 'chards' if planted thickly in pots and kept in
total darkness. Just dig up the roots and pot them up, having removed all
green tops. Days rather than weeks!!
A first class addition to green salads.
Best Wishes.

"Zemedelec" wrote in message
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Being from a country where people considered their land plots as
source of food rather than entertainment, I have hard times
reconciling myself with gardening decorative plants. BRBR

Do I hear a sniff of disdain here?
Flowering varieties of peas and squash. Opium poppies--usually not

illegal
unless you harvest them. Dandelions--make wine of the flower heads.

Morning
Glories if you enjoy hallucinogenics (read up on them first.) Flax, for

the oil
(and the flowers).
zemedelec