There are numerous other plants growing on my lawn, other than grass. In some places, grass is a definite minority. Today I identified mouse eared chickweed, ground ivy, also know as creeping charlie, thyme-leaved speedwell, I think, and common strawberrywhich I had suspected but was surprised to confirm when it flowered.
The chickweed is edible as a pot-herb, the ground ivy can be dried and used as a tea and the common strawberry, if all goes well, should have (small) strawberries, although that may not happen if it isn’t fertilized well enough. I don’t plan to eat any of the plants though. I would wait for a second person’s identification before chowing down. Well- except in the case of the strawberries…
There are numerous other plants I have yet to identify, since they haven’t
obliged by flowering yet- and may not, if Colin mows over them with the
lawn mower before they get the chance.
posted at 18:24 on Sat, 15 May, 2004 |
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