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Earlier this spring, I found some Allium vineale (wild garlic) in my lawn and moved it to about a 2x3' area of the fenced garden. They flowered, then the stalks started dying and the seeds were pretty fat, so I pulled it all up. Just had the bulbs with a chicken roast tonight and it was yummy. Really interesting; they taste like onions when raw, garlic when cooked. I'm sprouting some seeds for, well, sprouts, and will scatter the rest in hopes of more next year. What a cool plant. Yes, the bulbs were about the size of large chickpeas once all the skin was removed, but I'm reading Guns, Germs, and Steel so wild food is super interesting to me right now. Just think of how all our vegetables started out: tiny and fussy to grow! Where we are with food production now is something we SO take for granted. :D
Here's some much better pictures than I could take.
Here's some much better pictures than I could take.