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Tips & Articles tagged as: eat weeds

Edible Spring Weeds

Katie Vincent, Garden Hotline Educator Emeritus

June 11, 2020

  Frustrated with your weeds? This year, consider a new plan for revenge: tossing them in a salad and eating them! As the garden starts to send out signs of life this spring, so do all of the herbaceous weeds that hid out of sight all winter long. Mulching in late winter or early spring […]

Posted in Plant Care, Plant Recommendations | Tagged eat weeds, edible, edible plants, permaculture, pesticide-free, weeds, wild plants | 2 Responses

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