Thanks for that info. There are a lot of wild roses here, I'll make a point of harvesting some rose hips next year. Wish I had some of my Grandmother's old roses; those were bushy, and had grown into a 6-8' patch, loaded with large hips (and surrounded on 3 sides by raspberries). Sadly, that land is now owned by others... it was my childhood Narnia.
I am always looking for new plants to snack on while I am out in the garden, and never would have considered nibbling on chickweed; will have to give that a try. Had no idea that Claytonia could be foraged wild around here either. I have fall planted it in my garden for the last couple of years, and am always amazed how it kind of sits there and does nothing-- and then explodes in to growth when the weather warms up in spring. It is really a pretty plant for the front of the border, and the little girl next door loves picking it. She says it looks like little popsicles.
Beautiful, beautiful presentation! Your chickweed looks a LOT larger than what we find growing around here. Everything is bigger in Texas, right? LOL
It was growing in the compost pile. Poor soil, little chickweed. Rich soil and that stuff is scrumptious!
I used to pick chickweed for my budgies. I never thought about picking it for myself. I’m going to have to look at it differently next spring when it grows again.
Our chickweed here in the PNW looks way different from these pics. I'll post a pic below of what ours looks like.
It looks the same. The picture you posted was a growing patch, the pictures I posted were picked and made into a salad and tacos.
