Or inform them where the next bit
of edible grass is.
Not exact matches
Wood Sorrel (also commonly referred to as sour
grass) is one
of the most approachable
of edible weeds, and one that is very easy to identify, often growing in large patches.
It's green like
grass, but it's
edible (providing a nice savory note amidst all the jellybeans and chocolate), safe if a baby gets hold
of it, and easy to vacuum up.
The millet group
of plants, like rice and wheat, are
grasses that produce small,
edible seeds.
Grains are simply the hard,
edible seeds
of grass - like plants.
What we know
of as oats are the
edible seed
of the
grass, which has been hulled, steamed, and rolled into their characteristic flat disc - like shape.
Did you know that all wild
grasses are
edible and that there are more than 400 different kind
of grasses?
Instead
of a group
of candle wax makers creating trans - fats in industrial vats by hydrogenating cottonseed oil into disgusting, technically
edible faux - butter, the special digestive systems
of grass - fed ruminants produce CLA internally.
There are a variety
of materials that can be used for chew toys, including wood, sisal, woven
grass, wicker, loofa, corn husks, paperboard and even
edible minerals.
While outside
grass can be loaded with deadly fertilizers and pesticides, an indoor mini-lawn provides a safe,
edible source
of greenery.
the chart fails to show that soy from brazil, the stuff served in that meatless urban restraunt menu, has many times the embodied energy
of eating local
grass fed beef, that the corn suggested as least energy consuming is only so due to vast scales
of industrial monocroping that wipes out diversity and local
edible foods habitat (and is used largely for pig and cow fodder if not biofuels, and so lays waste to half the midwest), that milk from a pastured cow or goat, or eggs from pastured chickens, are gaining thier energy from sources no human could eat.
The next generation
of biofuel types move away from the high costs
of edible crops and use either
grasses or trees.
Perennial herbs,
grasses and shrubs are somewhat better, and trees in a diverse forest or more savannah - like
edible forest garden, with trees, shrubs, herbs, vines and ground covers (all
of which can provide food and materials as well as benefit each other) ** are even better at preserving soil moisture while also encouraging diverse wildlife and providing high yields
of multiple food crops, lumber and other materials.
Any number
of plants and ground covers can add greenery to a yard without gulping lots
of water — including clover, certain breeds
of grass like Bermuda and Zoysia, and
edible plants like herbs and strawberries.