Tag Archives: weeds
Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale or dandelion is an edible weed. The blanched leaves can be used in salads, the petals for dandelion wine, and the roasted roosts for dandelion coffee.
Dandelions may … Read more
Potatoes.
Ground intended for Potatoes should be dug deeply in the autumn, thoroughly drained, well manured and trenched, and left rough on the surface during the winter. At the beginning of … Read more
Turnips.
To obtain mild and delicately-flavoured Turnips a somewhat light, sandy, but deep, rich soil is necessary. For a first crop sow the Early White Dutch variety in February or the … Read more
Carduus (Milk Thistle).
Coarse hardy annuals; somewhat ornamental, but are hardly more than weeds. They grow freely from seed, and flower from June to August. Height, 2 ft. to 4 ft. … Read more
Broccoli.
Requires a heavy, deep, rich soil, and liquid manure during growth. For earliest crop sow thinly in beds early in March, giving a little protection if necessary. Successional sowings should … Read more
Docks, to Kill.
Cut the weeds down to the ground, and run a skewer dipped in vitriol through the roots. … Read more
Brussels Sprouts.
For a first crop sow early in March, and in April for succession. Transplant as soon as ready into deeply-trenched, well-manured soil, about 2 ft. apart. Hoe well, and keep … Read more