eatin stuff

[sidelock]

you can't eat'em but redbud and dogwood are starting to bloom along the colonial national historical parkway from Williamsburg to Yorktown. But wild eatin stuff is comin up around the colonial area also.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

The peach tree next door to me is budding right now too.
:grin:

LD

 

[Black Hand]

Dandelions are up and look ready to eat...

 

[Kansas Jake]

Some folks here have been finding morel mushrooms. The redbuds are blooming and we have had nice rains the last few days, so with a little warm weather the morels should be popping up.

 

[Sean Gadhar]

Common mello and dandelion are up here

 

[nhmoose]

14 inches of snow left to melt above the Lakes Region in NH

 

[zimmerstutzen]

frigid temps and snow pretty much killed our daffodils and early dandelions. I remember how much my grandmother loved dandelion salad early in the spring, with hot bacon dressing. I always though dandelion was too bitter . The grass seed in the front of the house is sprouting. Grass in the pasture is turning green and a neighbor mowed his lawn Monday afternoon. Buds are about to flower on the blueberries and plums. (we now have 60 blueberry bushes in the patch) Saw a large bushy tail run away from the barn this morning and a week old lamb is missing from the sheep pen. The animal was about 250 yards away. Not sure if it was a fox or coyote because I was looking into the sun. A deputy sheriff asked for permission to hunt predators at my place. Guess I will give him a call. Noticed the peonies have started pushing shoots and the Iris bulbs have sprouted. time to clean out the beds of hostas at the end of the driveway. I'll probably be rototilling for a garden this Saturday.

 

[BillinOregon]

Morels should be showing any time here at the end of the Oregon Trail. Yum!

 

[Kansas Jake]

We've had a bunch of rain the last few days and the redbuds are blooming. I looked in the little valley below my house yesterday, but didn't find anything. They have been scarce here where I live for the 10+ years. The first few years we lived here 20+ years ago I could find a lot, but no longer. We live along a Corp of Engineers lake and it had flooded a lot of area along the lake in the 1993 floods. I found many morels in the first few years after that, but now hardly ever find them. Must be a change in the local environment.

 

[BillinOregon]

Jake, I have found over time that a particular morel mycelium (the actual fungus itself, a tangle of webs in the soil) will become inactive until disturbed -- by fire, logging activity, roadbuilding or something else that stimulates the critter to send up fruiting bodies (the mushroom) and produce spores.

 

[KingofDerby]

Picked nettles at the weekend (good for drinking at 17thC camps) and Wild Garlic is almost ready!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

good for drinking at 17thC camps

You lads drinking Nettle Tea?

:idunno:

LD

 

[Kansas Jake]

Thanks Bill. That is good information. The only trouble is the Corps would probably not like me burning or plowing up the woods below the house.

 

[KingofDerby]

good for drinking at 17thC camps

You lads drinking Nettle Tea?

:idunno:

LD

Yep, it's strangely tasty. And avoids having to hide modern teabags. It also gets the public to ask questions!

 

[coloradoclyde]

How do you make nettle tea?....It seems pretty straight forward, but still.....

 

[swathdiver]

Our palms have been leaving us piles of delicious dates as of late. We take some and leave most for the squirrels and rabbits and all the other creatures that like to eat them.

 

[KingofDerby]

Collect the top 4 leafs off young nettles, dry them in a low open oven.

Stick 'some' leaves...couple of teaspoons?, roughly crushed, into a mug, pour on hot water, stir, wait till cool enough to drink, and drink it (drink through your teeth to sieve it)

Dare say there is a fancier way of doing it, but that's how I drink it.

 

[coloradoclyde]

What does it compare to, taste wise?....

 

[KingofDerby]

Well, a little grassy? very slightly sweet...quite pleasant.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Thanks!... :hatsoff: