What did you eat in your garden today?
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Today I picked some new stinging nettle shoots and put them in a fettuccine clam noodle stir fry! Yum!
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I ate a Florida Pellitory (Parietaria floridana)
I finally identified another "weed" in my yard.
I've never really paid much attention to this plant, because it is only here for a few months during the winter/fall and there's no noticeable flower (extremely small flower) and it's usually seen growing against things.
However, I noticed that the Red Admiral butterfly seemed very much attracted to it, so I started searching for its identity. It's a Florida Pellitory (Parietaria floridana); it's in the same family as the Stinging Nettle and it's a host plant for the Red Admiral Butterfly.
It's also an edible plant and in the raw form has a taste of cucumber, according to the below video -- and I confirmed that, it does taste like cucumber.
I finally identified another "weed" in my yard.
I've never really paid much attention to this plant, because it is only here for a few months during the winter/fall and there's no noticeable flower (extremely small flower) and it's usually seen growing against things.
However, I noticed that the Red Admiral butterfly seemed very much attracted to it, so I started searching for its identity. It's a Florida Pellitory (Parietaria floridana); it's in the same family as the Stinging Nettle and it's a host plant for the Red Admiral Butterfly.
It's also an edible plant and in the raw form has a taste of cucumber, according to the below video -- and I confirmed that, it does taste like cucumber.
Today I picked some Siberian Miners Lettuce and stonecrop and added it to my salad! Very fresh and tasty!
