A surprise and a new road garden
Chickweed, Myrtle Street
While gardening on Friday I met a stranger who showed me some Chickweed he had picked from the road garden.
Until Luke, a chef, told me I was unaware of it or that it was there but now he’s pointed it out it’s as plain as day. Chickweed is in several places in Myrtle Street. So I just picked a handfull of it, washed it and put it in a salad. Chickweed’s fresh little leaves in the mix were noticeable; a little tart and crunchy. Thanks, Luke.
This source on the web says:
Chickweeds are Medicinal and edible, they are very nutritious, high in vitamins and minerals, can be added to salads or cooked as a pot herb, tasting somewhat like spinach. The major plant constituents in Chickweed are Ascorbic-acid, Beta-carotene, Calcium, Coumarins, Genistein, Gamma-linolenic-acid, Flavonoids, Hentriacontanol, Magnesium, Niacin, Oleic-acid, Potassium, Riboflavin, Rutin, Selenium, Triterpenoid saponins, Thiamin, and Zinc. The whole plant is used in alternative medicine as an astringent, carminative, demulcent, diuretic, expectorant, laxative, refrigerant, vulnerary. www.altnature.com…
Sean from Shepherd Street asked us to work with him to build a raised bed garden in his street and he salvaged or bought the mulch, plants leaky agricultural pipe, timber borders. On Friday I worked with Sean, Karlie and John and it’s almost finished.
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Save some for me Mobbsy!