Eating from your yard tip ~ just step outside and odds are good you will find wood sorrel growing. Gladys Jeurink, a respected gardener in my town (Lincoln, NE), advised me to leave the wood sorrel in my garden because the rabbits prefer it over other plants, so they will leave the other plants alone. The sour leaves, flower and seed pods are edible. They add a little zing to anything you garnish them with. My friend, Kay Young, garnished her potato salad with wood sorrel. The little cucumber like seed pods are a refreshing thirst quencher on a hot day in the garden. Wood sorrel added to hot water makes a lightly lemon flavored drink. Wood sorrel has vitamin C, but also oxalic acid (as do vegetable such as spinach and broccoli) so folks who suffer from gout, rheumatism or kidney stones should avoid it and leave more for our rabbit friends. How do you eat wood sorrel?
– Jill Kuhel
