Comments | urbpan: 365 Urban Species. #072: Wood sorrel

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365 Urban Species. #072: Wood sorrel

Mar 13, 2006 21:25

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ex_wellread March 14 2006, 03:12:01 UTC

Beautiful! Thank you!

ankhanu March 14 2006, 03:21:26 UTC

Once again, I'm educated. thanks :)

barbmg March 14 2006, 03:38:31 UTC

My favorite thing about them is the way the seeds explode out of their pods when you touch them. (If ready.) Um... that sounds dirtier than I meant it to.

brush_rat March 14 2006, 04:30:37 UTC

Well, thanks. I was doing just fine until then. I'll be expecting a moist towelete now, please.

droserary March 14 2006, 04:40:55 UTC

We used to call it Sweet Grass when I was growing up. I remember plucking it out of my lawn and gnawing on it a bit. It's a good thing we never decided to use lawn fertilizer or pesticides!

brian_z March 14 2006, 05:06:46 UTC

I find chewing a small bit is soothing to canker sores and such. Sweetened iced wood sorrel tea is nice, kind of like lemonade.

sin_agua June 16 2006, 23:41:46 UTC

Could you provide a recipe for the tea? I can sometimes find this growing in my potted plants...

brian_z June 16 2006, 23:47:49 UTC

I haven't tried either of these recipies, but they look good: http://organicvalley.coop/products_recipes/features/wildfood_sorrel.html

sin_agua June 16 2006, 23:49:50 UTC

Thank you!