Re: Re: Can the world live NT? Omega plants

[Guest guest]

Has anyone tried planting and eating the Purslane from

Seeds Of Change. Its supposed to have good amounts of

omega 3 in it. IIRC, purslane grows like a weed since it is

a weed. I guess its steamed or cooked like spinach.

Any experience using purslane as a ground cover?

Darrell

[Guest guest]

Darrell-

>Has anyone tried planting and eating the Purslane from

>Seeds Of Change. Its supposed to have good amounts of

>omega 3 in it. IIRC

All omega 3s aren't created equal. The short-chain type found in plants,

including purslane, isn't the kind we really need, and the process of

elongating it (into useful forms like EPA and DHA) is *very* inefficient

and doesn't work at all in some people. Wild fish and pastured eggs are

better sources of omega 3s.

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[Guest guest]

>Has anyone tried planting and eating the Purslane from

>Seeds Of Change. Its supposed to have good amounts of

>omega 3 in it. IIRC, purslane grows like a weed since it is

>a weed. I guess its steamed or cooked like spinach.

>

>Any experience using purslane as a ground cover?

>

>Darrell

I planted it, it grew well and easily, but I never got around

to eating it. I planted a lot of different kinds of greens, but

most of them were too much work to harvest for lazy old me.

I have decided that, bang for the buck, collards and kale are

the way to go. The plants last a long time, don't go to seed

easily, and you can harvest one or two leaves for dinner. And,

most of the greens all taste the same to me, esp. in soups

which is the only way I can get anyone to eat them (except

salad greens, and the " mescalun " mixes are an easy way

to go there).

As for omega 3's ... there just isn't all that much fat in

plants anyway. I go for pastured beef, and we get a fair

bit of fish too.

As for ground cover, none of the ones I've tried can

compete with the local weeds. The best bet seems

to be to use a thick layer of chips under bushes or

whatever, and set the chickens loose on them now and

then. They love little weeds, and can't rip up the big

plants.

Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

> Has anyone tried planting and eating the Purslane from

> Seeds Of Change. Its supposed to have good amounts of

> omega 3 in it. IIRC, purslane grows like a weed since it is

> a weed. I guess its steamed or cooked like spinach.

>

> Any experience using purslane as a ground cover?

>

> Darrell

Darrell,

Think purslane's omega 3's have been discussed here before. May have been me

after reading about it in The Good Fat Cookbook. Did buy some seeds from

Pinetree Garden Seeds www.superseeds.com but never planted them yet. Heard

somewhere that either the Hopi or Navajo in the Southwest grow purslane year

round in window sill pots to supplement their omega 3's year round. Being

inland and in a near desertlike area with some winter conditions in high

places its probably an adaptation or discovery as they raise sheep and

likely have little access to fish. Have seen purslane wild like a weed in

this area in more sandier soils. Will survive the cold.

Wanita

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