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  • #16
    Originally posted by womble View Post
    I've always wondered, just out of interest, if I could make a "crop" out of them
    The seeds are nutritious and often added to bread. That's the sort of crop you're on about, right?

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    • #17
      I've had a little crop of self-sewn parsnips. I pulled them young and they were luverlee!

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      • #18
        Originally posted by womble View Post
        We get loads of opium poppies coming up every year around here, I think they used to grow them a long time ago near this area for opium.

        I've always wondered, just out of interest, if I could make a "crop" out of them
        One of the oldies at our lottie grows a lot of poppies. He said to my mate "hasve you ever tried eating a poppy leaf" so she did and he then said "has your mouth gone numb yet?" "yes " said she. "ah that'll be the opium them " he said.
        Hmmmmmmm .........
        S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
        a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

        You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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        • #19
          Originally posted by maypril View Post
          The seeds are nutritious and often added to bread. That's the sort of crop you're on about, right?
          Err..... absolutely
          Originally posted by binley100 View Post
          One of the oldies at our lottie grows a lot of poppies. He said to my mate "hasve you ever tried eating a poppy leaf" so she did and he then said "has your mouth gone numb yet?" "yes " said she. "ah that'll be the opium them " he said.
          Hmmmmmmm .........
          I wonder if I'm brave enough to try that Probably not.
          "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

          Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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          • #20
            I have quite a few volunteer potatoes. I dug some up when doing more clearance last week. Enough for a potato salad, tiny but perfectly formed, yum.

            I probably have lots of other volunteers under the uncleared grasses and horsetail, but identifying what they are is an issue I will need to resolve.
            I often see what I take to be baby dandelions but they could just as easily be some type of lettuce.

            Being in only my second year, I am inclined to leave self sown stuff. It is all a bonus as far as I am concerned, free food is always welcome. I am not at all interested in having a 'tidy' plot or winning any competitions. I just like the thrill of growing my own and eating it.

            “If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.”

            "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson

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            • #21
              this year ...about 50 tomato plants of which we have replanted about 30 - doing well - no idea what type , magical mystery gardening....
              http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...gs/jardiniere/

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