In article >, "Jean B." >
wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >, "Jean B." >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Omelet wrote:
> >>> Try this link:
> >>>
> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardoon
> >>>
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >>> I've actually gone around in the spring and gathered local immature
> >>> thistle heads to try, but never worked up the nerve to try them. I may
> >>> this spring... Texas is rich in local edible plants for foraging.
> >> Hmmm. I wonder whether I can eat the thistles here. That would
> >> be a good way to motivate myself to get rid of them.
> >
> > <laughs> I actually enjoy them. I think they are pretty!
>
> yeah, well... In their place... And the neighbors here probably
> don't see it that way. I'd muse about whether I will miss them,
> but then if I put out thistle seed, they will probably spring up.
> Hmmm.

Thistle is good for the smaller songbirds. ;-)

>
> Sheldon: what do the deer think of thistle?
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