EatTheWeeds: Episode 23: Pennyworts

[@justing1810]

I just wanted to say that I really enjoy your videos

[@gelflingfay]

I love your videos! I thrive on them!

[@DianeKistner]

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll go find it!

[@hilarywhatley1335]

I am finding these both growing together in the field behind my house (it is very wet and floods with rains occasionally). The Asiatic version is growing near the trunks of the cypress trees, and the other type is growing in the lower field area, overlapping each other along the way. I am thinking of taking a picture. I'm not sure what to make of it. :)

[@EatTheWeeds]

@niamh2739 I hold classes there regularly. The schedule is on my website. In fact I have a class in West Palm Beach this Sunday, July 17th.

[@EatTheWeeds]

Thanks for writing... look for spigots and irrigation systems.

[@EatTheWeeds]

Purslane and purge are quite different. Purslane is plump, spurge is not and spurge has white sap. I am computer challenged and do not know what XLM/Feed is ... MAC has limited formats so I had to load the article like a blog, and to arrange them used future dates. I'd like to make them into a descent website some day.

[@ShreelaR]

I don't think mine is pennywort. Glad to hear you take requests. I'd like to see one on purslane vs spurge, and then one on cleavers/goosegrass too. I'm pretty sure about the cleavers, but when I find the purslane/spurge, the only way I've read to tell the difference is to break the stem to see if there's any milky sap. PS: I can't get your site's XML/feed to load in Google Reader, Bloglines, or even Firefox. A single page loads what seems to be all your posts, and it's named 197

[@DianeKistner]

I just emailed you pictures of the mystery plant. I couldn't figure out how to post them here, but you are welcome to use those photos if you wish, if they are instructive. Thanks!

[@darincardin]

Thank you for the nice videos!

[@theresaurch8766]

how do you cook it to eat it?

[@EatTheWeeds]

To my knowledge they are not related but their leaves have similar construction. Do you have a picture of your mystery plant?

[@EatTheWeeds]

My pleasure, just make sure it is a pennywort.

[@EatTheWeeds]

Thanks... I was thinking of someone local who wants to know foraging and swap that for a site. I'm with MAC now.

[@RackAttack8BC]

QUOTE: "I'd like to make them into a descent website some day." ANSWER: I've made & kept up many a website in my day. However, I must admit that I'm quite burnt out at it. In fact one of my Internet Nicknames used to be "Defessus," which I'm sure form the "dead language" you can find the amusing part in there. - Anyhow, once I "catch-up" on your vids & get to your current one's, maybe I'll drop you a line & at least point you in the right direction in this regard. TTUL (Talk To yoU Later)

[@ShreelaR]

We covered the area where there were lots of purslane/spurge; I'll find a new spot where it's growing to tell. XML newsfeed is like an auto-notifier so all us readers that "follow" your blog's "newsfeed" will be notified each time you write a new article, like how KZbin shows your subscribed channels' newest movies when you load YT's home page. Do wordpress com's accounts with a throw-away nickname. I believe they're the most popular full service/free blogging., Mac/Win doesn't matter. Later!

[@LeafOffline]

your videos are amazing.

[@DianeKistner]

I was out today, totally maddened, trying to re-find the name of the weed that looks like a sicklepod but is not; the one that, young, has varying shades of green leaves, from pale to dark. What is it called? I think it had uses as a medicinal herb. I'd sure like to know what it is. Would pennywort compete well against it, do you think? I've got the silver dollar weed version; I've always thought it's very pretty. Are pennyworts at all related to nasturtiums?

[@EatTheWeeds]

Yes, but it's easier to shell them first.

[@pjruben2801]

There are pennywort (hydrocotyles) growing profusely around my mailbox in central florida. They look delicious but im unsure of their toxicity based on the environment. If I thoroughly clean a few would it be okay to juice?

[@EatTheWeeds]

There are size limits... the marsh pennwort can easily grow a foot tall.

[@DianeKistner]

Oh, that's very good to know! Funny how they call to me to eat them. I want to recommend a really inspiring book to folks here: The Lost Language of Plants. I had no idea how smart plants are! Smarter than me, that's for sure....

[@lewnance]

Can umballata be harvested and used for cattle feed?

[@taiduong3575]

I see something look like penny wort it small the leave about the gold dollars. 2 inches tall stems on the side but the leave not shiny rough to the touch, nice sense (fragrance) when rub on. I am in zone 6b/7a. Is it penny wort

[@ln4359]

Ate a pennywort, my 1st foraged food ever to go into my mouth. Collected some acorns and put them in the freezer is that okay?

[@EatTheWeeds]

Looks like a field pea, or bean... the problem with wild peas/beans is that most of them are toxic. One in fact is deadly, more toxic than arsenic... they are best avoided unless positively IDed.

[@EatTheWeeds]

@Lester284L I have no references to Veronica arvensis, thus I would assume no until proven otherwise.

[@richardestes4259]

What is the colt’s foot

[@niamh2739]

there are so many different plants weeds mushrooms here in florida in an abundance sometimes and I never know whats what. I think you should take a field trip to south florida like uhm ... miami, palm beach, or port st. lucie and do something on things here. I amsure that you will find something that will interest you.

[@thetacountry4487]

niamh2739 your pretty

[@Lester284L]

do you know if corn speedwell is edible? i have a ton of it around my house

[@thejewishredneckprepper4675]

Awesome video. I love this plant, It grows along the coast of Ga. Shalom Bubba

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[@alisonmiller2708]

Do pennywort grow on a vinelike structure that you can rip up in a connected web of stems and roots ? In my MD lawn I have something the size of the first plant but not shiny yet has the shape of the second and third plants that toy showed. But still the leaf dies not make a full circle almost so but not a full circle. What is this plant?

[@greendeane1]

Yes they do.

[@puddleglummarshwiggle4236]

❤

[@RackAttack8BC]

Here's another name for people to look up on the Internet: "Cleve Baxter" or his book: "Primary Perception" If you look up this guy's name, and you see those words or "plants" in general associated with him, you know you have the right guy. YT frowns on posting links, but if you take the book name; remove the space; add the usual after it; you have the site. If you (dkistner1111) like the idea of "smart plants" this info. will "blow your mind." Have fun. (What U think of Cleve's work Deane???)

[@EatTheWeeds]

No, leave them alone. More to the point pennyworts grow in almost every lawn so there is no need to collec them in questionable areas.

[@RackAttack8BC]

Yep, that might work out better for you. Good luck (AND DID YOU ALL HEAR THAT TECHIES!?) ... talk to you again probably, cya

[@EatTheWeeds]

Gotu kola ... then you have the right one. Floridians virtually pay millions to get rid of it... eat the weeds I say...

[@LeafOffline]

:-)