stubbed toes and mud pies

[Dahlia]

one of the crab grass plants i got out of the north garden yesterday was spread out across nearly 6ft. i've never seen one that big. guess that garden soil is pretty good and plenty of moisture is retained when it rains hard enough because i have a ridge built up around the edge.

will be back at it today, there's buckets yet to go.

one good thing though with all the weeds in there is that there is not much purslane.

What type of purslane are you glad there is not much of?

 

[flowerbug]

What type of purslane are you glad there is not much of?

Portulaca oleracea - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[flowerbug]

no new mouse tracks in the snow...

 

[Dahlia]

Portulaca oleracea - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Oh, ok. I was hoping it wasn't miner's lettuce, because that is also in the purslane family and it is delicious on tacos, burgers, and sandwiches!

 

[flowerbug]

Oh, ok. I was hoping it wasn't miner's lettuce, because that is also in the purslane family and it is delicious on tacos, burgers, and sandwiches!

purslane is edible but it has some issues with oxalates and people are picky about texture or flavor so it isn't popular. i can eat it myself, Mom won't touch it.

another basic problem is that it doesn't get going until the weather is warm enough so you can't use it as an easy early season green, by the time it comes along it's competing with your more desireable plants and you really don't want to let it get going in your gardens full bore with all the seeds it can drop.