Sour Flowers for Ruby and Papawheelie

heh. I just sent you apicture of them too...
oxalis

[Edited on Mar 15, 2003 by papawheelie]

stupid doublepost.



[Edited on Mar 15, 2003 by papawheelie]

those are honeysuckles! yum yum.

When I was little my yard was full of those flowers! I use to eat them ALL the time! Yummy!



[Edited on Mar 15, 2003 by Milena]

wow. perspective is _so_ interesting. I find oxalis to be an almost uncontrollable weed,it takes over _everything_. and takes a great deal of effort to erradicate...it's up there with snails and nasturtium and star thistle as one of my gardens' arch enemies.
people are neat,such a wide range of experiences we all have...feel free to come grazing in my oxalis patches and bring a healthy appetite

We called it sourgrass - chewed on it til we got queasy!
Hey, a dog peed on that one!

We also had indian chewing gum (anise fiber with the seeds mixed in) and also the big purple bell shaped flowers that had a little drop of sweetness on the end! What were those called?

Ah to be back in the hills...

Oxalis....sweet...just don't eat too much of it or you'll get the POOPS! No kidding it really will make you POOP, and it's not pretty!

We call it sourgrass. I have it in my yard & the kids love it. They can spot it on the roadside from a hundred yards while going 80.

I never even heard of it until they learned about it.

I also have those purple "honey flowers" - They don't get much of a chance around here. I find little sucked out flower corpses strewn all over the front yard.

What about miner's lettuce?

It.s got a small flower with a leaf that sits on the stem like a little plate. No real flavor to speak of (unless the neighbor's dog has been in the yard.)

That's miner's lettuce
A walk in the wood is like a trip to the salad bar!
My all-time favorites are red huckleberries, thimbleberries and salmonberries.


[Edited on Mar 18, 2003 by Moss]

i called them 'sourgrass' when i was a kid, too. i loved them.

there's even a 10" record by Tiger Trap called 'sourgrass,' which contains a song of the same title.