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Post by Rosie on Oct 17, 2017 11:03:12 GMT
Err, well I can imagine from how it smells Rosie & possibly I have tasted it without knowing as the little devils are always walking through the garden spraying everywhere, yeuch! Ok SueA, I'll believe you seeing as I know you
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Post by grindle on Oct 17, 2017 14:51:15 GMT
so I know when I run out of salad it will be ok to go and dig up bittercress and give it to OH as a substitute then
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Post by SueA on Oct 17, 2017 18:16:42 GMT
Just don't tell him grindle! I have used dandelion leaves mixed in salad in the past & they were O.K. & O.H. managed to eat them without noticing - lots of salad dressing!
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Post by Rosie on Oct 18, 2017 8:07:08 GMT
Ground elder is edible too never tasted it though, might taste of cat wee
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Oct 18, 2017 12:49:08 GMT
Post by sweetpea on Oct 18, 2017 12:49:08 GMT
Correction here re the elephant hawkmoth. its the larva that eats the leaves of rosebay willowherb, not the moth. sweetpea, ever the pedant
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Oct 18, 2017 14:40:36 GMT
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Post by roofgardener on Oct 18, 2017 14:40:36 GMT
Correction here re the elephant hawkmoth. its the larva that eats the leaves of rosebay willowherb, not the moth. sweetpea, ever the pedant Did you know that the term 'pedant' has its origins in a Greek word meaning "A slave who leads the children to school" ?
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Oct 18, 2017 17:38:40 GMT
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 18, 2017 17:38:40 GMT
Correction here re the elephant hawkmoth. its the larva that eats the leaves of rosebay willowherb, not the moth. sweetpea, ever the pedant Did you know that the term 'pedant' has its origins in a Greek word meaning "A slave who leads the children to school" ? I do now
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Post by Rosie on Oct 19, 2017 9:40:39 GMT
Correction here re the elephant hawkmoth. its the larva that eats the leaves of rosebay willowherb, not the moth. sweetpea, ever the pedant You are quite correct sweetpea, you clever lad you spotted my deliberate mistake
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