If you can't beat 'em, EAT 'em

Garlic mustard is a huge problem in many wooded areas as it is spreading and crowding out many native species. Garlic mustard gives plant chemicals that discourage other species from growing in its vicinity. It seed prolifically and spreads quickly.
It has a foot hold in the trees (bush) along my roadside and is spreading into other areas of the treed areas along the property line.
Garlic mustard was originally brought here by European settlers who used it for food. It has a garlic taste.

Since it is a member of the mustard family- which includes a number of plants we eat- cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and rapini.

So we decided to cook some of the garlic mustard. Stripped off the leaves as the stems seemed a bit tough.
Cooked (sauteed) it with a bit of oil and onion. Taste is reminiscent of rapini.

Asparagus shooting April 21/12

Ap20-12 pear blooming

Daffy Dales April 20/12

Trillium April 20/12

Prim Rose

Redbud Bud April 20/12

Carpet Phlox

Garlic Mustard trial

Garlic greens April 20/12

From western woods near front
Clipped garlic stems from garlics growing at edge of woods
cooked as "greens"

Dandy "Lying" April 19/12

New reality - dandelions in bloom everywhere

April 19/12 Snyder's corn planting

Candytuft in bloom April 17/12

Apr16/12 machines

Mowed part of lawn
Rototilled garden

Ap 15/12 planted seeded onions

8-10 per row
Not sure which is candy and which is copra as both were labelled as copra
Red ones only had 2/4 plants with any sign of red
Used two eight foot beds

Fl kale anchusa apr 15/12 by roses fence

Did Not come up