As long as you're sure it's Queen Anne's Lace (hairy stem, flowers with red dot), rip it up and use it. They're much tougher than normal carrots, but still taste great and make a lovely vegetable stock. My dogs go NUTS for them as treats. There's a bunch of tutorials online for how to use them.
Note: You won't be able to get rid of them without weed killer, because their seeds turn into little burrs that cling to animals... but the plant is tasty, so why waste it?
8 Comments
Assassassin@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 332d
The family does have amazing taste in compound flowers, though.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 332d
But eating wild carrots is fun. I recommend eating wild carrot but not eating hemlock. That’s worked well for me so far.
Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 330d
Its usually more healthy to not eat the toxic or poisonous ones, so I lean to agreeing with your recommendation.
In case someone wanted a second opinion
aport@programming.dev · 11 pts · 332d
Don't forget giant hogweed on the left side, fucking ouch man
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 332d
Missing on the left:
Wild parsnip Cow parsnip Poison parsnip Giant hogweed
The sap from all of these cause terrible blisters when it gets on you and sunlight hits it
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 327d
i love how the most dangerous one here in sweden is literally called "explode herb", like yeah okay i think i'll stay away from that one
adhocfungus@midwest.social · 1 pts · 332d
Is there something I'm supposed to be doing with Queen Anne's Lace? It gets more out of control every year, but I just rip it out and compost it.
Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 331d
As long as you're sure it's Queen Anne's Lace (hairy stem, flowers with red dot), rip it up and use it. They're much tougher than normal carrots, but still taste great and make a lovely vegetable stock. My dogs go NUTS for them as treats. There's a bunch of tutorials online for how to use them.
Note: You won't be able to get rid of them without weed killer, because their seeds turn into little burrs that cling to animals... but the plant is tasty, so why waste it?