Eat The Weeds

I’m writing this to you at the stroke of midnight on April Fool’s 2015. Don’t be a fool and take out your beneficial forbs and so-called “weeds” thinking a monoculture pasture is ideal. Many such plants are desirable as vermifuges, micronutrient resources, palatable food sources, window species and/or pollinator resources.

Here’s a quick list of goodies in the spring lush:

Plantain

Wild onion

Medic/vetch/clover

Sedge

Artemesia

Asparagus

Chickweed

Cleavers

Dandelion

Chicory

Greenbriar

There are plenty more where those came from. I’m available for site visits and consultations if you’re interested in working with nature and maximizing productivity. May all your weeds be wildflowers!

Ben Tyler

 

Texas Ecologix