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Re: Whats your favorite vegetable?
My favorite vegetables change all the time! Currently they are Siberian Miners Lettuce and Chickweed!
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Haha, I don't think It would be attractive in the house. A rhubarb flower in a vase is pretty nice though.
I think this was a Pontiac Red that I grew last year. They were very small, maybe because planted late. Now I have a few of these wee sprouters in the bottom of the potato basket. Don't know how soon I could plant them - it's at least a month early. Right now the ground is waterlogged but we could still have real frost.
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Plant potato cuttings with 1 eye in Styrofoam cups inside the house 1 month before last frost then transplant them outside.Vanisle_BC wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:20 amHaha, I don't think It would be attractive in the house. A rhubarb flower in a vase is pretty nice though.
I think this was a Pontiac Red that I grew last year. They were very small, maybe because planted late. Now I have a few of these wee sprouters in the bottom of the potato basket. Don't know how soon I could plant them - it's at least a month early. Right now the ground is waterlogged but we could still have real frost.
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Chickweed in TN cold weather taste a bit like iceberg lettuce to me. In hot weather my TN chickweed gets bitter & tuff. When I lived in AZ if nothing else grew cactus & chickweed would grow. Mexican people picked chickweed in winter in large bowls ate it on tacos & other Mexican food. I sometimes pick chickweed in TN cold weather and eat it on sandwich's, tacos, Mexican, salads. I think AZ chickweed has a better flavor than TN chickweed.TomatoNut95 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:01 amPerhaps I've been wrong all these years about destroying a free edible green... Would you say it tastes like lettuce, or does it have a specific taste all its own?
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Chickweed in the Pacific Northwest is very delicate, tender, and juicy. I would say it has a very mild taste like iceburg lettuce, but has a fresh sprout texture that makes it special. I used to rip it out of my garden and throw it in the trash! Then I read about it one day and realized it was an edible plant and so I tried it. I'm so glad I did! It's best when it's young and new!