Ornamental Edibles

Top 3. Feb 16, 1998 3:42 PM

» JohnH_3 - Carol, I notice you have Strawberries in bold, but not underli

Carol,
I notice you have Strawberries in bold, but not underlined as a link. Is this intentional ?

-- posted by JohnH_3

Top 4. Feb 16, 1998 3:57 PM

» Carol Wallace - Sure, John -- I bolded them because I wanted them to stand out!

Sure, John -- I bolded them because I wanted them to stand out! No, actually I forgot this wee bit of coding which produced bold minus link. It's all fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out.

BTW -- my email doesn't seem to be functioning reliably, so if you or anyone has emailed me and not received a reponse, it's either because my response got lost or your original letter did. Very frustrating!

Carol virtually gardening

-- posted by Carol Wallace

Top 5. Feb 16, 1998 5:01 PM

» LadyB - Hi all, Woman of the Weeds here, with a few things to offer. I A

Hi all, Woman of the Weeds here, with a few things to offer. I AM a big fan of eating flowers and as I am the head gardener at a conference center, I am in charge of entertaining the guests with odd things to find in their salads. Nasturtiums (nasty urchins, thanks, MOM...) are just top of the old list. For a good while one summer my then-12-year-old daughter had a 'thing' for tuna and nasturtium leaf sandwiches! But I have also used Lemon Gem marigolds. I find eating the entire flower a trifle intense but the petals are really fun on chicken salad.

Can't say I've quite tried it myself, but heard a story of some folks who got sick from eating TOO MANY daylily flowerbuds - they're a lovely treat in treat-like amounts.

I have planted my own first Ginseng bed with already stratified seeds that I got from WOODLAND ESSENCE
(Don Babineau & Kate Gilday) P.O. Box 206
Cold Brook, NY 13324
(315) 845-1515
- can't tell you much about it yet as I just planted them last fall in a quiet place out in the deciduous forest where a group of trees appear to be in a circle holding hands. Don told me to go out in early spring and carefully thin-out the leaf covering to give as many seedlings as possible a chance to come up. I'll keep you posted and try to get photos as they emerge and grow, so we'll ALL know!

I'm only really growing them to re-introduce them to our East Coast (US) Woodlands. As the very expensive root crop that everyone gets so excited about, it's a good 4-6 years down the road before anything will be harvestable. I do hope to be able to gather and stratify my own seeds and spread them throughout the woods.

Lady Barbara
Weeds and Wild Things

-- posted by LadyB

Top 6. Feb 16, 1998 5:19 PM

» Carol Wallace - Barbara, you're right about the daylilies. In small doses they'

Barbara, you're right about the daylilies. In small doses they're just fine. I usually silver mine and sprinkle them into a salad for color. I've also had the tubers in a stir fry. But too much does make some people sick. Personally, they don't have enough flavor to to tempt me to eat many -- I just like they way they spark up a dish.

I should have known the wild lady B would be greowing ginseng! Do you suppose if we took a survery of all our editors there would be much that we don't grow???And what we don't grow, our readers probably do. Carol virtually gardening

-- posted by Carol Wallace

Top 7. Feb 16, 1998 10:30 PM

» Deb_TT - Carol, Sorry to post this here, but I have tried to answer your

Carol, Sorry to post this here, but I have tried to answer your email. I went and found the url you sent me, thank you. I will try to resend the message again and see if it gets through.

Debra Teachout-Teashon

Contributing Editor

Pacific Northwest Gardening

Edible Landscaping -- Fruit Trees In The Garden

-- posted by Deb_TT

Top 8. Feb 17, 1998 9:11 PM

» JohnH_3 - Carol, You're having a bad day. Your Strawberries still don't '

Carol,
You're having a bad day. Your Strawberries still don't 'click'.

-- posted by JohnH_3