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Originally posted by womble View PostWe 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
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Originally posted by maypril View PostThe seeds are nutritious and often added to bread. That's the sort of crop you're on about, right?
Originally posted by binley100 View PostOne 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.
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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.
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