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kell5408 wrote:Hi everyone...I have a nasty little pest in my garden that I can't get rid of and would like to know if anyone knows what it is and how to deal with it...I have tried round-up, spading, plucking them out one at a time...and they keep coming back...Please help
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applestar wrote:That's not a pest! That's Purslane. High in Omega-3, vitamins and minerals, and a terrific addition to your salad. Also good in omelet (though cooking destroys the Omega-3) Best way to demolish them is by EATING THEM.
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Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:16 pm
rainbowgardener wrote:I didn't know it was edible! What a treat! So I looked up "purslane recipes" and found this:
Purslane-Potato Salad
From THE WILD VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK
Purslane makes this familiar dish seem ambrosial.
6 medium potatoes, sliced and cooked
2 cups purslane, chopped
4 scallions, sliced
1 celery stalk, sliced
1 cup mayonnaise
Mix together all ingredients. Serve chilled.
Serves 6
I have to try it!
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garden5 wrote:Interesting discussion, everyone!
A thought that comes to my mind is if purslane is native to the orient and middle east, would we encounter pest problems if we tried to grow it there?
Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:43 pm
rainbowgardener wrote:Read Noah's Garden & Planting Noah's Garden by Sara Stein or Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants by Doug Tallamy for more on the natives vs invasives issue and how exotics function/ don't function in the environment.
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cherishedtiger wrote:ok... I think this is whats growing in all my beds... never had it before, but this year I got a bag of steer manure to help the garden and since then my garden is full of this stuff... well this or the poisonous stuff. Either way I am constantly finding myself pulling it out of everywhere!!!