Thanks, I read some beginning posts last night. I think I got to page 30. I have got a lot of reading to do. I am thinking some things might get implemented next year as I am short on time right now.
at least you have neighbors who will "shop", one year i planted over a 100 tomato plants, i canned and canned til i had no room for more, tried to give the tomatoes away, all you want, just come. pick and take, they wanted me to pick and bring to them. needless to say, chickens got alot of tomatoes that year lol
IF i don't forget, will have to try that, i like sour of bitter, love dandelion wilted like lettuce, always has a bite, love mustard put between two slices of a biscuit (southern you know) and of course cooked with bacon like you would spinach. thanksMy mom always used it for soup. She would also do her own canning, so saved for winter soup use. It can be used like spinach. It can also be eaten raw in a salad, as it has a somewhat sour taste.
I guess since I grew up eating this stuff, I continue liking it.
I posted the soup my DW made on another thread. Here is a quick link to it.https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ography-thread.1205417/page-497#post-20011474
DR OZ would probably say it is filled with antioxidants if someone paid him to say that.
It is a vegetable that is used to create a flavor of a soup. We usually start with chicken soup with plenty of all the conventional veggies . The sorrel changes the soup flavor.
When mom would be out of sorrel, she would substitute with spinach. The flavor was slightly different, yet similar.
Sorrel would tolerate growing in the shade, so she always had a strip of it growing where sun demanding plants would not thrive. The garden was small, so she tried to utilize every area to the max.
Sorrel seeds are not very common here. (stores and nursery places in my area) Walmart does not carry them. I get mine from European Markets. It also seems to be the first seeds that sell out. Most likely reason,,,,,,,, most of those other seeds can be purchase anywhere else. (common)
yeah and you would have been welcome. i always plant more than i can use, since its just me and husband i can what we can use and give the rest away if i can, sometimes i pick and take to the auction down the road aways. may not get much but at least it gets eatenThat's kind of crazy! I would have been over right away to pick some
You are just too funny!
This is why I don't have a problem most of the time in picking the produce to give away but I am not going to deliver it. They have to at least come get it. I give away many shrubs and trees and I do dig them up for those that come get them. This is mostly because If I get careless and cut a water line, I can't blame it on someone else for my carelessness.
They are so nice on my bad back. It's so easy to weed and pick. It was an investment that was well worth it.
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