[NatureNS] nature notes, question on dandelions

Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 16:08:13 -0300 (ADT)
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Hi Jane and All</span>
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">My Grandparents loved Lamb&#39;s Quarte=
rs. Cooked like&#160;</span>
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r saved the seed when threshing</span>
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">the grain for birds in the winter. A lo=
t of uses but a bad weed! There never</span>
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">was any shortage of it from now to fros=
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the spring</span>
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul</span>
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    <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>We eat both purple and white (viola papili=
onacea).&#160; I think Johnny-jump-ups and pansies are also edible, but I h=
aven=E2=80=99t tried them.</span></p>=20
    <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>I loved Euell Gibbons when I was in my 20=
=E2=80=99s (way back in the mists of time).&#160; His books introduced us t=
o the idea of foraging and to many plants that are still favorites, like ch=
enopodium album, viburnum opulus, and the violets.&#160; Also, mussels, whi=
ch were not eaten by many people then.</span></p>=20
    <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>We still have all three books.</span></p>=
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    <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>Jane</span></p>=20
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      <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><strong><span>From:</span></strong><span> natu=
rens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>David Webster<br/><=
strong>Sent:</strong> May 17, 2020 12:13 PM<br/><strong>To:</strong> nature=
ns@chebucto.ns.ca<br/><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [NatureNS] nature notes=
, question on dandelions</span></p>=20
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    <p>Hi Jane &#38; All,</p>=20
    <p>&#160;&#160;&#160; Are these our various wild violets, the white orn=
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    <p>Dave W. Kentville</p>=20
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     <p class=3D"MsoNormal">On 5/17/2020 8:52 AM, <a href=3D"mailto:dschlos=
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     <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>What I wonder is if there are any vitamin=
s left in the dandelions after boiling in two waters.&#160; </span></p>=20
     <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>For delicious and nutritious spring green=
s, I like the violets, both leaves and flowers (Eat them raw.).&#160; Euell=
 Gibbons said they have the most nutrition of any of the spring greens.&#16=
0; Luckily, they like our =E2=80=9Clawn=E2=80=9D.</span></p>=20
     <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>Cheers.</span></p>=20
     <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>Jane Schlosberg</span></p>=20
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</a> <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Mary Macaulay<br/><strong>Sent:</strong>=
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hebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br/><strong>Subject:</strong> Re=
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