I love this topic as it is something i write on in many blogs. but so many people forget about the tasty little plants. They can be harvested just like garden plants and many can replace some garden plants.
Edible weeds
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One of the local weeds I haven't tried yet is Polk Salad (Poke Sallet). Most of the places I see them growing are almost certainly sprayed by insecticides.
I have eaten dandelions and wood sorrel from my yard (I don't spray any chemicals). Those are the only two edible weeds I have identified in my own yard. I'm sure there are more, but those and white clover (also edible I think) are mostly what grows wild in the yard.
I have eaten dandelions and wood sorrel from my yard (I don't spray any chemicals). Those are the only two edible weeds I have identified in my own yard. I'm sure there are more, but those and white clover (also edible I think) are mostly what grows wild in the yard.
I love dandelions in salad or made into wine, makes a very good wine. Sorrel is among my favorite as well. I also love henbit, plantain and betony. All grow well around my parts
Betony (FLORIDIAN)
Henbit
this is just a couple. Weeds are a topic I write on often as many do not know what weeds can be eaten or are useful. I never kill weeds in my yard. So many can be made into teas, tinctures or just eaten. It is free food so to speak. I hope this helps and if anyone has questions i would be happy to help if I can.
Than to me that would be a use. Maybe I misunderstood your reply. My apologizes.
We have a thread of weeds that are eatable. Somewhere..
I was just agreeing with you, must have been lost in translation!
I was just agreeing with you, must have been lost in translation!
All good, theres not tone in these things. we are the same page.
I just saw a news story about some edible WEED that some people in a Canadian retirement home ended up eating accidentally. Somebody made some homemade brownies. Oops
"Accidentally"
I smoked enough pot as a teenager for three lifetimes, but once I had my first child stopped and haven’t touched it since. Honestly, in moderation I see no problem with it, and if it was legal I would probably partake occasionally. I don’t feel it is worth the cost of the legal hassle involved currently though. I would imagine within the next five years it will be legal everywhere, but being in Georgia imagine this will be the last state to get their head out of their *****. Either way, I like the idea of brownies or gummies much more than smoking. Being a reformed cigarette smoker, (35yrs ago), I’m not sure I ever want to intentionally inhale smoke again. As long as alcohol is legal I have my way to relax at night and go to sleep with my one glass of wine. Another option would not be a bad thing though.
I have no problem once they find a way to determine when somebody is legally (limit amount like booze) under the influence. As far as I know, there is no recognized amount of consumption that would qualify somebody to be DUI. Next I would want the same restriction on pot as on alcohol and combined with the smoking regulations.
I don't neccesarily agree with you, but I see your position and your point is reasonable.
I used to smoke enough ganga to keep the Chinese land army stoned for a year....and the only reason why I never touch it now is because of my CCW.
Still, as much as I support legalization, I never see what I consider to be the biggest danger of reefer, which I discovered while working as a paramedic.
We all know that pot keeps people from vomiting, which is a very good thing in you're on chemotherapy for cancer.
This anti-emetic effect is a very bad thing for college kids who are binge drinking after getting egged on by their peers in tbe frat house.
I believe (note that I said "believe", not "know") that there are lots of kids who died from alcohol poisoning because they were smoking weed at the same time.
The weed kept them from vomiting, and because they didn't vomit.....they died from alcohol poisoning.
I considered this especially tragic, as it tends to happen to kids who are just starting out in life, and have their whole lives ahead of them.
And this doesn't mean that I have a problem with someone who has 1 glass of wine while smoking a doobie in the bathtub.
Even if you guys may disagree with me, can you at least see my point?
And as far as edible weeds go, south Florida is a special case.
We had so many introduced tropical plants down here, that you need to know edible weeds from places like Africa, Australia, and South America.
One of my favorites down here is Taro.
Taro grows all over the place down here. You can't throw a rock up in the air and
not have it come down on a taro plant.
The Hawaiians use it to make poi. The root is thick, starchy, and high in calories....rather like a potato.
It only needs to be cooked and prepared in a certian way because the raw plant has lots of oxalic acid crystals.....which are destroyed by cooking.
Everyone thinks that cactus is a western thing, but we have prickly pear all over the place. The delicious fruits taste like a cross between a strawberry and a watermelon. The pads can be peeled, cut into strips, and steamed like green beans.
We have yucca down here, we have bamboo (the shoots are delicious), saw palmetto, cocoanut, wild aloe (more medicinal rather than edible, but there is some overlap), and lots of cattail.
I could probably become a strict vegetarian post SHTF (I have been a vegetarian before for long periods of time), and I would still never go hungry.
We had so many introduced tropical plants down here, that you need to know edible weeds from places like Africa, Australia, and South America.
One of my favorites down here is Taro.
Taro grows all over the place down here. You can't throw a rock up in the air and
not have it come down on a taro plant.
The Hawaiians use it to make poi. The root is thick, starchy, and high in calories....rather like a potato.
It only needs to be cooked and prepared in a certian way because the raw plant has lots of oxalic acid crystals.....which are destroyed by cooking.
Everyone thinks that cactus is a western thing, but we have prickly pear all over the place. The delicious fruits taste like a cross between a strawberry and a watermelon. The pads can be peeled, cut into strips, and steamed like green beans.
We have yucca down here, we have bamboo (the shoots are delicious), saw palmetto, cocoanut, wild aloe (more medicinal rather than edible, but there is some overlap), and lots of cattail.
I could probably become a strict vegetarian post SHTF (I have been a vegetarian before for long periods of time), and I would still never go hungry.
I agree as far as driving goes, not being able to tell how much is in their system is tough. I kind of think a zero tolerance for any drug while driving makes sense though. As far as smoking tobacco, drinking or smoking pot, I think pot is the least disabling or dangerous of the three.
The pot smoker are easier to spot. They are the one's driving down the freeway at 40 MPH.
I did it in my teens, not heavily tho..I am an epileptic so the gummies are very helpful with seizures. I dont like how the synthetic medication makes me feel. I see your from Georgia, was just looking at property in Roysten
Sorry about the epilepsy. It’s a scary thing to loose consciousness or control, especially if your driving. Do you have any warning when you’re about to be affected?
I have done some work in roysten and Hartwell. Both areas have low prices on land but are economically depressed. Now that I’ve been in Ga for a while and know the area better I wish I had looked more in the N West or mid north of the state. The hills are bigger and there’s more creeks, and less populated. I love where I am here but it’s grown more than I like over ten years. Everything is a trade off though and I believe in buying what you can afford without going into more debt than is practical.
no.... never a warning, wish i did have one. I dont drive must because of it. My father in law also told me they were depressed. I am just looking anywhere, i dont know many cities in GA. I have about 175,000 i can spend because of selling house, but that would be all my money and I need a house lol. So finding property hasnt been the issue, finding a piece for my birds and rabbits, 2 dogs and the two of us with a house has been the challenge. My husband wants a pond, stream or creek on property, so there isnt really much compromise lol
That’s a decent amount of money, I don’t think you will have any problems finding something. The problem is realtors only want to show the higher priced properties to make more commission. So you will have to do some searching on your own. Im not sure how but bet there is a way to view the listings that realtors look at. I’m all for buying a distressed house but a nicer property. That’s only good though if you are handy and a diy person. You are wise to consider water on the property, but also consider the potential for flooding. Proximity to landfills or other known toxic sites is good to avoid as well. That’s another thing most realtors won’t bring up on their own.
I use realtor.com. I was on Zillow, but found most of the stuff on there is listed wrong. We are looking at landfills, flooding, nuclear plants, water treatment plants, etc......We are both pretty handy, problem is working and trying to fix it up lol. Thank you for all your advice tho. Sometimes things can slip the mind and its good to have people reel you back in or open the mind.
