Tag Archives: Greens

Dandelion, Horseradish, and Burdock

Ah, fresh Dandelion, once of the first spring plants ready and willing to become greens in the kitchen, I picked out four nice big plants out of my patch and into the house they came, split with cut off at … Continue reading

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Soil Health and Worms..

Did you know that alot of the earthworms in Canada are not native? Earthworms in Canada have all been introduced (with the exception of some species that survived in glacial refugia in mainland British Columbia and the Queen Charlotte Islands  … Continue reading

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Chickweed

Chickweed is very nutritious and is used in salads and soups, in the raw form. Apart from the use of its fresh form as salad green, chickweed can be added to tea. It is one of the ones that tastes … Continue reading

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Spring and Forcing Plants

It’s not really spring yet, but for a few hours last night and this morning, it almost feels like it, we had rain last night, not freezing rain but light gentle spring rain,  it hitting on the metal roof was a … Continue reading

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