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Post by davidjp on Jan 22, 2018 18:15:43 GMT -5
Yes I bet the wild is probably better nutritionally.
I just want to able to grow a short row, here the wild stuff is ground hugging and is barely a few centimetres off the ground. So would be nice to have a short row to easily pick
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Post by tom π on Jan 22, 2018 20:17:13 GMT -5
"I have made a satisfactory dinner, satisfactory on several accounts, simply off a dish of purslane (Portulaca oleracea) which I gathered in my cornfield, boiled and salted." -- Thoreau
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Post by restless on Jan 22, 2018 21:11:50 GMT -5
I just eat the weeds. They are tasty in salad.
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Post by wheelgarden1 on Jan 25, 2018 23:17:51 GMT -5
And I thought I was the only one who appreciated Purslane...I grow an upright variety of the P. oleracea from seed. roxy, I use it primarily in salads and soups/stews, and it's really good on a sandwich.
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Post by roxy on Jan 25, 2018 23:37:17 GMT -5
With my luck, now that I'd like to try it out, it probably won't grow in my plot this year!
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Post by desertwoman on Jan 26, 2018 0:05:31 GMT -5
now that I'd like to try it out, it probably won't grow in my plot this year! that's one way to get weeds under control!
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Post by roxy on Jan 26, 2018 0:08:24 GMT -5
Luckily, ( roxy knocks on wood!) I don't normally have much of a weed problem in my plot!
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Post by desertwoman on Jan 26, 2018 0:12:02 GMT -5
roxy, Maybe it will grow around the edges of your plot or near the paths? Mine could be everywhere but I work to keep it contained to certain areas.
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Post by binnylou on Jan 26, 2018 0:20:06 GMT -5
I'm not sure I could/can eat something I have cussed for so many years. It's gonna take an attitude adjustment to even consider eating it.
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Post by desertwoman on Jan 26, 2018 0:25:09 GMT -5
binnylou, Have some Gruit and your attitude will adjust just fine...
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Post by wheelgarden1 on Jan 26, 2018 18:11:09 GMT -5
It's weird...many folks have it as an unwanted, invasive pest... We love it (grandkids insist on it), yet have some difficulty growing it here. When it grows, it's wonderful. It's so good and good for you, we keep at it.
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Post by Mumsey on Jan 27, 2018 6:10:38 GMT -5
binnylou, Eat it for revenge! It grows like crazy here.
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Post by binnylou on Jan 27, 2018 9:07:16 GMT -5
It grows like crazy here. Yes, like carpeting for the garden.
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Post by wheelgarden1 on Jan 28, 2018 19:15:37 GMT -5
Yes, like carpeting for the garden. Send me a roll of that carpet! ;)
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Post by wheelgarden1 on Jan 28, 2018 19:41:15 GMT -5
Steve ... when we first moved here, we undertook (and still do) a long process of trying to catalogue the native and non-native flora in and around our new home...the breadth and variety and sheer numbers of different plants astounded us. We had to sort through common vernacular names of plants and their varieties to determine what we were looking at. It's been an eye-opener education in itself. We all use folk or common names sometimes. Botanical names are indeed the way to go, though.. You, of all people, can, heh, back into the room. You have my lowly permission
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