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donttread
01-01-2014, 10:47 AM
Is anyone doing much with perenials os edible weeds ? I grow sunchokes and Hopniss and like the idea of having to do less seeding and overall work plus saving room in the garden for the staples.
Any ideas?

Codename Section
01-01-2014, 11:42 AM
Mr. Freeze

how about you?

donttread
01-02-2014, 11:42 AM
Currently I grow Sunchokes and a little groundnut ( which isn't well suited for our climate. I want to expand



@Mr. Freeze (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=892)

how about you?

Mr. Freeze
01-02-2014, 12:04 PM
Most edible perennials and weeds are pig food at my house. :)

donttread
01-03-2014, 08:01 AM
My daughter and ex-son in law raised pigs one year has have friends. I like home raised beef but home raised pork is so much better than the supermarket version as to taste like an entirely different animal

Max Rockatansky
01-03-2014, 08:16 AM
Is anyone doing much with perenials os edible weeds ? I grow sunchokes and Hopniss and like the idea of having to do less seeding and overall work plus saving room in the garden for the staples.
Any ideas?

An excellent topic. I live in Texas on a couple of acres with a 150 ditch separating my property and a gravel dead end road. I already grow wild flowers in an effort to 1) cut down on mowing and 2) cut down on weeds. Having edible weeds hadn't occurred to me until you brought it up. Having edible weeds display more obnoxious ones is a great idea.

I don't know where you live, but for Texans, we have this: http://www.foragingtexas.com/
http://wildedibletexas.wordpress.com/


Wilderness survival websites could offer some clues. http://www.artofmanliness.com/2010/10/06/surviving-in-the-wild-19-common-edible-plants/

donttread
01-03-2014, 05:00 PM
Thanks, as it happens I live in Northern New York ( -18) this morning. However the wild edibles site was quite helpful. Plantain and or dandelions would grow well here




An excellent topic. I live in Texas on a couple of acres with a 150 ditch separating my property and a gravel dead end road. I already grow wild flowers in an effort to 1) cut down on mowing and 2) cut down on weeds. Having edible weeds hadn't occurred to me until you brought it up. Having edible weeds display more obnoxious ones is a great idea.

I don't know where you live, but for Texans, we have this: http://www.foragingtexas.com/
http://wildedibletexas.wordpress.com/


Wilderness survival websites could offer some clues. http://www.artofmanliness.com/2010/10/06/surviving-in-the-wild-19-common-edible-plants/

Peter1469
01-03-2014, 05:30 PM
Thanks, as it happens I live in Northern New York ( -18) this morning. However the wild edibles site was quite helpful. Plantain and or dandelions would grow well here

If snow covers up the plants before the really cold weather they should be OK (talking about plants native to your area).

donttread
01-04-2014, 10:05 AM
True enough. Its doable it just limits my choices




If snow covers up the plants before the really cold weather they should be OK (talking about plants native to your area).

donttread
01-18-2014, 09:09 AM
I'm going to try some curly dock and some basic wild edibles like plantain this year

donttread
01-20-2014, 08:24 PM
True enough. Its doable it just limits my choices

Max Rockatansky
01-20-2014, 09:19 PM
I had a rosemary bush near my front walk. I didn't know how big they'd get, so I planted it a bit too close to the house and sidewalk which required occasional trimming. OTOH, it was great to go out, snag a couple of sprigs and use them for cooking. Usually stems and all, then pull the stems out when it was done.

Last year it became infested with little moths. I thought about using insecticide and just waiting for the poison to pass through, but I ended up hacking off most of the branches leaving a few stumps. The root system is still good and I'm curious if it will return in the Spring. If it doesn't, I'll buy another one and plant it further from the house. Rosemary is a great addition to any person's home garden. Perennial and evergreen.

This is what the bush looked like 7 years ago just after Halloween.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/819/halloween0906.jpg