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edible leaves
On the tele the other day they were talking about the edible leaves:
mulberry, sweet potato, and hibiscus. The sampler reported mulberry as not tasting very nice, sweet potato to be quite sweet, but hibiscus was best of all. Can't say I've tried any, but the way sweet potatoes thrive in even poor soil, they might be a good prospect! I once planted a white sprouting sweet potato in rich soil, and the runners spread to fill half the yard. Towards the end of summer I decided I'd dig a small area each couple of days, depending how many kg of tubers I found. :-) I started digging, and dug and dug. Within an hour I'd dug the whole plant out, and the only tuber I found was the original one I'd planted! I recall that the violet leaf is edible, reputedly having some medicinal properties. -- John Savage (news reply email invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
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On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 22:47:13 GMT, John Savage
wrote: On the tele the other day they were talking about the edible leaves: mulberry, sweet potato, and hibiscus. The sampler reported mulberry as not tasting very nice, sweet potato to be quite sweet, but hibiscus was best of all. Can't say I've tried any, but the way sweet potatoes thrive I must say that hibiscus beetles agree that hibiscus leaves are delicious! ;-) |
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edible leaves
Just a little bit writes:
I must say that hibiscus beetles agree that hibiscus leaves are delicious! ;-) I believe that silkworm lavae say the same about mulberry leaves! -- John Savage (news reply email invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
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John Savage wrote: On the tele the other day they were talking about the edible leaves: mulberry, Quite a lot of plants have edible leaves. Rocket and warrigal greens for starters. They almost have the status of vegetables. Things like fennel and chickory could be thought of as vegetables gone feral. Mallow grows in the autumn. Others include purslane, sorrel, nettles, Barrie |
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