I dare, too. Mine are setting fruit, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up--they got this far last year, then the fruit dropped while still immature. Fingers crossed!
Ooh, so beautiful! If they set fruit, will you save me some seed? I want to get some new DNA into my little population, so I can hope for fruit here, too... Great photos.
All fascinating. I stumbled on some older entries in your blog whist searching for info on milkweed florets. I ate some for the first time tonight and was quite pleased. I just steamed them with a little butter and salt, but they probably would have been fine on their own. You and I have both read The Forager's Harvest, which I think is great. I'm really sticking to my foraging guns this year. I usually get off of it once real produce is available, but this year I've made use of foraged morels, ramps, cattails shoots, milkweed shoots, and milkweed florets. I need to go collect some cattail pollen here soon. I'm starting to collect mulberries from the tree outside the hardware store where I work. It's all a lot of fun. I've seen mayapples on trailsides before, but I've never eaten one. How have you used them?
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Did they make one last year?
ReplyDeleteI dare, too. Mine are setting fruit, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up--they got this far last year, then the fruit dropped while still immature. Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteOoh, so beautiful! If they set fruit, will you save me some seed? I want to get some new DNA into my little population, so I can hope for fruit here, too... Great photos.
ReplyDeleteAll fascinating. I stumbled on some older entries in your blog whist searching for info on milkweed florets. I ate some for the first time tonight and was quite pleased. I just steamed them with a little butter and salt, but they probably would have been fine on their own. You and I have both read The Forager's Harvest, which I think is great. I'm really sticking to my foraging guns this year. I usually get off of it once real produce is available, but this year I've made use of foraged morels, ramps, cattails shoots, milkweed shoots, and milkweed florets. I need to go collect some cattail pollen here soon. I'm starting to collect mulberries from the tree outside the hardware store where I work. It's all a lot of fun. I've seen mayapples on trailsides before, but I've never eaten one. How have you used them?
ReplyDeleteAlso, check out my blog. I think you'll appreciate it.
I've never grown these... very cool.
ReplyDeleteI never heard of this champagne before but it does sound delicious!
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