[NatureNS] Purple Violets and Black-capped Chickadee Nest

Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 10:45:00 -0400
From: Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca>
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Quoting Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca>:

> have you tried the violet blooms candied as done in the old days? My  
> Grannie did them once that I remember.

* maybe different species have different palatabilities - we use both  
the European Viola odorata and the yellow Viola pubesens (mostly the  
former) as bland filler in salads all through the spring, until about  
midsummer.  
http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.ca/2010/04/violets-in-snow-watercolour-4-x-6-in.html

fred.
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