Wish There Was A Market For This.......

[boggybranch]

.....cauuse I'd be a gazillionaire.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/grow-it/nutsedge-edible-zb0z11zsie.aspx

 

[journey11]

Huh, that's an interesting weed! We don't have that here. It is curious to note how many things come up in the garden of their own accord that are actually edible though. I have a hard time finding a dandelion in my garden anymore because I eat them! Started last year putting chickweed on my salads every so often. Probably run out of that too. LOL

 

[wifezilla]

I just paid $14 for 4 lbs of chufa (most of that was shipping). So yeah, there is a market for it. Not usually among your average gardener, but among people who hunt turkeys.
http://www.wammocks.com/Chufas-1-lb-CHFA-1.htm

 

[boggybranch]

I just paid $14 for 4 lbs of chufa (most of that was shipping). So yeah, there is a market for it. Not usually among your average gardener, but among people who hunt turkeys.
http://www.wammocks.com/Chufas-1-lb-CHFA-1.htm

Holy Moly......I didn't know that nutgrass and chufa was the same thing. I dug up and disposed of 60+ (stopped counting after twelve 5gal bucketsful) gallons of the demon weed last year.

 

[beavis]

Hmmm, I wonder if my ducks would dig up the few nutsedges I have?

 

[hoodat]

Hmmm, I wonder if my ducks would dig up the few nutsedges I have?

I don't know about ducks but pigs sure will.

 

[wifezilla]

Oh no! You've been tossing out money and/or FOOD!!! LOL

Ever taste them? The chufa I have tastes like a cross between almond and coconut. Mmmmmmm.

 

[Smiles Jr.]

How do you prepare the chufa? Do you eat it raw, cooked, roasted, or dried? Do you eat it by it's self or in with other items in a recipe?

Back in the '90s I used to plant a Chufa wildlife food plot about 900' x 20'. That's when we owned our 150 acre farm in southern Ohio. The wild turkeys seemed to only like it in the very early spring when they could scratch and tear up the soil. Later in the growing season they would not touch it.

 

[wifezilla]

I am still learning about it. All I have now is that bag of stuff for planting. I soaked a few for a couple of days and ate them to see what they taste like. I know they are a good source of natural oil and a good feed for ducks.

 

[sparkles2307]

I've never heard of those. You have my sympathies!