I have found in the last couple of years there are many things you can eat that grow in the garden as ‘weeds’ and are seen as a pest. Turns out not, as with much these days. So thought it might be nice to list a few things you can grow, and throw in a few things that will work their own way in, i’ll share the link to a further posts about the item, if I have one.

Hairy Bittercress – leaves can be used for salads

Dandelions – edible, and useful in many ways and one of the main offenders for being called a pest. Apart from the flower stem, the rest of the plant can be used. The leaves and petals can be used in salads, and the roots for tea and herbal remedies.

Rosemary – this is known to be edible, but i didn’t realise the flowers were edible too. A super sweet rosemary taste that is again lovely on salads.

Sheep sorrel – discovered today as its surrounded my blueberry plant. Before I tidied it as a weed, I checked and of course its edible too! The leaves have a slightly sour taste but nice, again one for salads.

Strawberries – these are super easy to grow. A domesticated variety in a pot now looking plentiful and I have wild ones taking over a planter, with potatoes as well in there so the competition for space is on.

Wood Avens / St benedicts Herb – the root of this plant is the useful bit, once washed and dried, it smells like cloves and can be used as a milder tasting spice when ground, or for toothaches as well they say.

Creeping Wood Sorrel – I didn’t realise this was edible (the whole plant is), when I did my previous post, but the little seed pods I mention, apparently they have a slight lemony flavour and can be added to, you guessed it, salads.

I also have lots of herbs growing and other fruits, and have now started some salad and vegetables, it’s amazing what you can get to grow in a restricted space, and once it’s there, other things will find their way in…

(c) K Wicks