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Old 21-03-2012, 06:11 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Carrot tops - edible??

On Mar 21, 12:23*pm, houndsy wrote:
Can I safely eat the foliage grown by carrots?? *I'm getting interested
in eating assorted young greens. *And radishes, and turnips.......
(thoughts of rhubarb leaves has made me ask).


I think carrot tops can be eaten.
In general,you need to be cautious about eating vegetble tops.
Many are poisonous, some extremely so.
It's natures way to prevent them being eaten by grazing animals.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot