#sourgrass

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Looks like a good harvest this season

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[harold-smith-in-training]

Introducing: Oxalis

A friend I was helping move offloaded some terra cotta pots on me (I complained in person as well as on this blog about how it was impossible to find any all summer), and one contained a dead plant. The shriveled leaf looked like oxalis to me, and upon further inspection the rhizome appeared to not be completely dead. I plunked it in water to see it I could revive it and...

10/11/2020:

Success! Oxalis can be kept dormant as a perennial. My mom grows lots of oxalis inside and outside so I consulted her a bit on this one. I remember her large purple oxalis plant growing on the counter. This cultivar has plan green leaves with red on the abaxial side and white flowers.

I rooted it out in water for a few weeks and then potted it up when I finally got a free growpot.

11/06/2020:

It’s been growing strong on the west windowsill. I rotate it every week or so. I imagine the leaves pressed up against the window glass will get damaged once the weather drops for longer, but so far it’s been doing okay.

11/21/2020:

In researching the plant I discovered it was edible. Thinking I had a fun tidbit to share, I told my mom who was unimpressed because as she told me, “you’ve been eating oxalis all your life!” I didn’t know that “sourgrass,” a staple of the Santa Cruz landscape, was the same plant.

"Sourgrass” is such a staple of my life that it was the name of a folk band I played with in Santa Cruz. Here’s more sourgrass I found on my r&d vacation in January 2020:

And here’s the main character from my new comic Limiter, chewing on some in the Santa Cruz redwoods:

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[elefteriamantzorou]

Sourgrass, growing wild on the street. A typical dye plant, which produces a reliable yellow color. Learn more in our online course on natural dyeing. The price is 50 euros. Visit jointheflow.net for more information. Oxalis pes-caprae is often called by the common name sourgrass or soursop due to its pleasant sour flavor. This sourness is caused by the exceptionally high content of oxalic acid. The plant is palatable and in modest quantities is reasonably harmless to humans and livestock. In South Africa it is a traditional ingredient in dishes such as waterblommetjiebredie (water flower stew).  #sourgrass #woodsorrel #oxalis #sorrel #oxalispercaprae  #foraging #rewilding #primitiveskills #sustainablefashion #dyersofinstagram #naturaldye #plantdye  #naturaldyes #naturaldyersofinstagram #naturaldyeing #ecodye #ecodyeing  #distancelearning #herbnerd #plantallies #textileartist #ecoartist #veganfashion #ecofashionista #slowfashionmovement #majestic_macros (at Athens, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC5lKTJlrBc/?igshid=u5av925psif9