{"id":448,"date":"2012-01-08T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gsu.eventmedialabs.com\/?p=448"},"modified":"2015-07-19T18:58:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T17:58:16","slug":"hairy-bittercress-if-you-dont-plan-to-eat-it-compost-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/hairy-bittercress-if-you-dont-plan-to-eat-it-compost-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Edible Weeds: Hairy Bittercress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13147\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/hairy-bittercress-if-you-dont-plan-to-eat-it-compost-it\/edible-weeds-hairy-bittercress\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Edible-Weeds-Hairy-Bittercress.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Edible Weeds &#8211; Hairy Bittercress\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Edible-Weeds-Hairy-Bittercress.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Edible-Weeds-Hairy-Bittercress.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13147\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Edible-Weeds-Hairy-Bittercress.jpg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"Edible Weeds: Hairy Bittercress\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Edible-Weeds-Hairy-Bittercress.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Edible-Weeds-Hairy-Bittercress.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>As weeds go you can do a lot worse than Hairy Bittercress, which is just as well as it&#8217;s currently taking over one of my uncovered vegetable beds (it&#8217;s giving my soil protection from the winter weather).<\/p>\n<p>This is an annual to biennial weed &#8211; seedlings can withstand the severest frost, making it a very hardy weed.\u00a0It carries hundreds of explosive seed pods that when ripe, can explode suddenly in all directions up to a metre around you (so weed in glasses!). \u00a0The seeds generally germinate between April to December.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13148\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/hairy-bittercress-if-you-dont-plan-to-eat-it-compost-it\/edible-weed-hairy-bittercress\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Edible-Weed-Hairy-Bittercress.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Edible Weed &#8211; Hairy Bittercress\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Edible-Weed-Hairy-Bittercress.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Edible-Weed-Hairy-Bittercress.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13148\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Edible-Weed-Hairy-Bittercress.jpg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"Edible Weeds: Hairy Bittercress\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Edible-Weed-Hairy-Bittercress.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Edible-Weed-Hairy-Bittercress.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Hairy Bittercress is easy to remove from the soil with a hoe or by hand and it&#8217;s important to do so as it can quickly smother beds containing your small vegetable seedlings, competing with them for space and light. Once removed the weeds can then be added to the compost heap.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t mind eating *weeds however, Hairy Bittercress is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carllegge.com\/2012\/01\/52-week-salad\/\">edible<\/a>, apparently tasting of watercress. I promise to give it a go when it stops raining ;)&#8230; Have you tried eating it?<\/p>\n<p>The following is an audio clip of my tasting session. Apologies for the slight mad excitement of being out in the fresh air again, am new to audio!<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"boo_embed_615818\" data=\"http:\/\/abfiles.s3.amazonaws.com\/swf\/fullsize_player.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"129\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/abfiles.s3.amazonaws.com\/swf\/fullsize_player.swf\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/><param name=\"salign\" value=\"lt\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F615818-hairy-bittercress-tastes-surprisingly-good.mp3%3Fkeyed%3Dtrue%26source%3Dembed&amp;mp3Title=Hairy+Bittercress+-+tastes+surprisingly+good%21&amp;mp3Time=02.53pm+08+Jan+2012&amp;mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F615818-hairy-bittercress-tastes-surprisingly-good&amp;mp3Author=Greensideupveg&amp;rootID=boo_embed_615818\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/audioboo.fm\/boos\/615818-hairy-bittercress-tastes-surprisingly-good.mp3?keyed=true&amp;source=embed\">Hairy Bittercress &#8211; tastes surprisingly good! 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