If goose-grass - cleavers - Robin-run-the-hedge - were a crop that I could harvest and consume, I would be giving thanks for its abundance.
If dandelion seeds could be eaten, drunk, smoked, sold, I would be rich.
But they are not.
So I am neither giving thanks for them, nor am I rich. I'm just having a moan before I take the battle to the flowerbeds AGAIN.
I do this every year. You would have thought they'd get the message that they are not welcome by now.
You can eat goosegrass. You have to cook it first though or the hooks are bad for you.
ReplyDeleteIt tastes of, well, green. But it's cheaper than spinach. :)
You can eat dandelion flowers, leaves (bitter), roots (very bitter). Not sure about the seeds though. Dandelion wine is apparently quite good; I've not tried making it.
Too bad about bindweed, which we have in our garden.