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Poundwise

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Eating invasives
« on: May 21, 2017, 02:17:38 PM »
Was looking for ways to get rid of the garlic mustard and Japanese knotweed in my yard.  Did you know you can eat them??

I also saw this article on eating kudzu...

http://www.thekitchn.com/did-you-know-you-can-eat-kudzu-92488

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Re: Eating invasives
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2017, 02:53:55 PM »
Was looking for ways to get rid of the garlic mustard and Japanese knotweed in my yard.  Did you know you can eat them??

I also saw this article on eating kudzu...

http://www.thekitchn.com/did-you-know-you-can-eat-kudzu-92488

I've eaten garlic mustard from time to time.  You can also eat all the other typical lawn weeds that are in the mustard family, like yellow rocket and pepper cress. 

Wineberry (an Asian raspberry) is a nasty invasive in North America, but is quite delicious. 

Stinging nettle is edible, and very nutritious.  Cooking disarms the stingers.

I've heard of people making jelly from autumn olive fruits, but never tried it myself.

I never thought about eating Japanese knotweed, but I guess it makes sense given that it is a relative of buckwheat.