Comments on: Hate Weeds? Don’t Kill Them, Eat Them! http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/10/hate-weeds-dont-kill-them-eat-them/ ...we did it before, we can do it again Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:54:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: August 2009 Garden Update | Out of Debt Again http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/10/hate-weeds-dont-kill-them-eat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-1452 August 2009 Garden Update | Out of Debt Again Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:42:00 +0000 http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/10/hate-weeds-dont-kill-them-eat-them/#comment-1452 [...] the purslane is thriving without any attention at all from me. I have been watering the eggplants and tomatoes [...] [...] the purslane is thriving without any attention at all from me. I have been watering the eggplants and tomatoes [...]

]]> By: Spanish Property for Sale http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/10/hate-weeds-dont-kill-them-eat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Spanish Property for Sale Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:54:00 +0000 http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/10/hate-weeds-dont-kill-them-eat-them/#comment-538 Very good site! I like it! Thanks! Very good site! I like it! Thanks!

]]> By: Funny about Money http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/10/hate-weeds-dont-kill-them-eat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Funny about Money Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:43:00 +0000 http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/10/hate-weeds-dont-kill-them-eat-them/#comment-525 Around here we call purslane Mexican spinach. My father, who escaped from Texas, used to call it pusley. In his generation it was considered an aggressive weed; hence "meaner than pusley." <br/><br/>LOL! I used to think he was saying ""meaner than parsley"! It was one of the mysteries of my adolescence.<br/><br/>In the low desert: you can make jelly of prickly pear fruits. You can actually eat the pads, which sometimes you'll find in Mexican markets. They're a little toooooo reminiscent of okra for my taste, but some folks think they're wonderful.<br/><br/>Tribes of the low desert used to eat mesquite beans -- you can grind them into a kind of flour or meal. I've never tried this...too adventurous, I guess, and I'm not sure which kind of mesquite tree they mean. But they are a kind of legume, very nutritious (or so they say).<br/><br/>If you get up a little higher in altitude, you'll find a number of edible that grow in the wild. Elderberries (amazingly enough) grow wild here. Also there's a fruit called bearberries -- really, I don't know what it is. But brown bears love it. If you can learn to identify it, this berry is also edible for humans. When you get into the high scrub area, pinon pines grow--and they produce those wonderful little pinon nuts...if you have nothing to do but gather and break them out. :-D Around here we call purslane Mexican spinach. My father, who escaped from Texas, used to call it pusley. In his generation it was considered an aggressive weed; hence “meaner than pusley.”

LOL! I used to think he was saying “”meaner than parsley”! It was one of the mysteries of my adolescence.

In the low desert: you can make jelly of prickly pear fruits. You can actually eat the pads, which sometimes you’ll find in Mexican markets. They’re a little toooooo reminiscent of okra for my taste, but some folks think they’re wonderful.

Tribes of the low desert used to eat mesquite beans — you can grind them into a kind of flour or meal. I’ve never tried this…too adventurous, I guess, and I’m not sure which kind of mesquite tree they mean. But they are a kind of legume, very nutritious (or so they say).

If you get up a little higher in altitude, you’ll find a number of edible that grow in the wild. Elderberries (amazingly enough) grow wild here. Also there’s a fruit called bearberries — really, I don’t know what it is. But brown bears love it. If you can learn to identify it, this berry is also edible for humans. When you get into the high scrub area, pinon pines grow–and they produce those wonderful little pinon nuts…if you have nothing to do but gather and break them out. :-D

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