Is your dog's unusual barking a secret code for something mysterious?

[Lesley]

I bought a small plant from the National Herb Centre last year - mostly as an attractive plant for the herb garden, but the label says you can eat it.......it grew to a bush 5' tall .........and seeded

 

I have hundreds of seedlings coming up all the time.......I planted 20 of them a month or so ago and thought about eating some.......has anyone else ever cooked any?

 

It looks as if it's related to Fat Hen and has the same feel to the leaves....

we eat the Fat Hen so I think it will taste the same.

 

 

 

[Daphne]

I'd never heard of it and was imagining something unpleasantly large and Triffid-like But its very pretty isn't it

[The Dogmother]

It does look the same, doesn't it. I'd try some and see.

 

If you have excess plants, may I blag a couple of spares from you tomorrow?

 

Some good info here

[Lesley]

Too late Clare- I've only just seen this.........I'll save some.

 

The link isn't to the same plant - different Latin name......I'll add info. later.

[The Dogmother]

Ahh, I see. I thought it looked different.

 

Looks like I'll be at Stratford this Saturday - Ian can't have the dog for the day, so we're not able to go to Chatsworth.

[chickencam]

Looks interesting, but if it seeds like Fat Hen I don't want it in my garden.

[Lesley]

It is exacatly like fat hen - millions of seedlings, just like fat hen but with a magenta dot in the middle. I've spent months pulling up hundreds and hundreds of ash seedlings and now I've got them under control I'm pulling tree spinach seedlings

[The Dogmother]

I'll have a few then Lesley, and take the risk. I have a bed at the bottom of the garden, where not much else grows; it can colonise that. the chooks will be in 7th heaven.