Posts Tagged "edible wild plants"

Spring Greens

Posted by Anita on May 12, 2016 in edible, spring, Unmowed Blog | 1 comment

The thing about spring greens is that you have to catch them early. Before the flowers arrive. Once you see the flowers, it’s too late–all that tender sweetness is gone. Think of lettuce bolting. Once the plant flowers, the leaves change from a tasty, crunchy mouthful to a bitter pill to swallow.