Let’s Talk Weeds: Friend, Foe, or Free Fertilizer? 🌿

[flowerbug]

Most weeds do lots of good for the enviroment. Milkweed is the only food source of the Monarch butterfly. [...]

as noted above there is more than one milkweed which they will eat...

37 Types of Milkweed (With Pictures and Identification)

In this guide, we’ll explore 37 types of milkweed, highlighting their distinct features, ideal growing conditions, and USDA hardiness zones.

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most of these i have not seen before.

 

[digitS']

Now some of my favorite wild "weeds" are dandelion greens, chickweed, miner's lettuce, Siberian miner's lettuce, sheep sorrel, stinging nettle ...

It seems to me that you have posted about "sauces" made from some of these, Dahlia.

When you have time, maybe next week . could you comment on that use? Maybe in the herb subforum ... I would also be interested about any use you have found for broadleaf plantain, which seems to be a fairly common garden/lawn weed, at least across the northern tier in the US.

Steve

 

[Dahlia]

It seems to me that you have posted about "sauces" made from some of these, Dahlia.

When you have time, maybe next week . could you comment on that use? Maybe in the herb subforum ... I would also be interested about any use you have found for broadleaf plantain, which seems to be a fairly common garden/lawn weed, at least across the northern tier in the US.

Steve

I haven't really made any sauces with these wild greens, but I do love the dandelion greens in a salad, the miner's lettuce on tacos and burgers, and the sheep sorrel on tacos. The stinging nettle has been great in tea, in ramen soup, and in shrimp/fettuccine stir fries with butter!