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Native Plant Gardening

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/21477992

What did you harvest recently? Post photos if you like, and brag about what you grew or foraged.

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[–] dumples@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There are no fruits ripening currently but I did eat some young dandelion greens in a salad this week. They were much less bitter than when I had them last year in the middle of the summer. The next thing I have planned to forage are our ostrich fern fiddleheads which I have missed harvesting it the last year since I waited too long.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've heard of people eating ferns like that, but I only eat angiosperms myself. What do fiddleheads taste like?

[–] dumples@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago

I haven't got to try mine yet. So I am not sure. Apparently they taste a little like asparagus which I think is used as a comparison for a lot of things. I did have some milkweed stems last year that were similar to asparagus