I love picking dandelion greens in clean, no- pesticide areas out in nature! The young leaves are yummy mixed in salads and they have so many health benefits. Look it up!
I also like to gather the young, brand new flowers and make dandelion flower tea! Just add honey!!
I want to try lamb quarters, but haven't found any out in the wild. I heard it tastes like mild spinach.
I had chickweed volunteering and thriving in one of my past gardens. What a lovely plant and vegetable! It is an excellent substitute for sprouts or lettuce on sandwiches, tacos, or...
Same - I only like garden peas! When I was a kid my parents let me and my brother pick one food we didn't have to eat. I picked peas because my mom always served us the frozen ones. She had a beautiful garden, but never grew peas. I always grow peas in my garden because there is nothing...
I used to have to do a similar thing. I put out lots of Dixie cups halfway filled with cheap beer. It worked like a charm! I learned that slugs love to drown their sorrows in beer!
I love sunflowers, peonies, camelias, and so many more! I have loved camelias since I was 8 years old. We lived in an old house that had a narrow bricked path along the east side of the house where there were lots of different plants and flowers growing. It was kind of a secret place that...
My daughter's cat would dig right in! He is a Russian Blue and will eat anything! He is big and fat and acts like he is starving! He even steals food from the other cat.
I feel lucky not to have many food allergies. I once had a bad reaction after eating dungeness crab that was exposed to too much red tide! That was scary! My lip swelled up after I ate so I quickly took some Benadryl and then I was ok.
I did see lots of worms on the pavement yesterday and didn't really think about it. Maybe they were trying to get back to the mother ship - the worm moon!