chives. some 3 dandelion flowers. it was a pine siskin, not a yellow sparrow, and there was a red-winged blackbird in cattails. skunk, deer, frogs, grouse. spring dandelion-potato salad. cut hot cooked potatoes into washed fresh greens (the heat will slightly wilt and debitter). add oil, mint, caraway seed, chives, salt and pepper to taste. neat-o. checking edible flowers: lilacs, dandelions, elder on Pinterest. ______________________ dandelion: Asteraceae (genus: Taraxacum). edible in its entirety. dried roots, for dandelion root coffee.
that was a wellspring of a warm day. 22C. today the grass was green. bumblebee. genus: bombus a frog in the morning. 100s of crocuses. even a few deer and a new chickadee hideout.
coyotes. a couple of swainson's hawks. gulls & geese. cedar waxwings at mountain ash berries (rosaceae. genus: sorbus). bald eagle. owl, robins. song. porcupines. still seeding, planning. the garden hardiness zone seems more like 2 or 3, or zero. last year's potatoes lasted almost all winter. many shard puddles. ladybugs, other beetles, ants, spiders, moths. a definite sign of spring and it just keeps snowing. prairie crocuses... april's a pink {sprouting grass, egg, fish} moon, farmer's almanac. the giant ice cubes, receding.
how many onions (edible bulbs) does an onion plant produce?
one. how d'ya like that. an onion is a lily. a pungent lily. genus Allium - onions, garlics, chives, and leeks Family: Amaryllidaceae (Liliaceae) No. 4 of 4. synonyms... common names: parlor palm, parlour palm, neanthe bella palm, good luck palm. Genus: Chamaedorea. rainforest, understory, tropical & sub-tropical. southern Mexico, Guatemala, central America. the unopened inflorescences are edible.
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