In the interest of eating (very) local...Purple Dead Nettle

I knew that both Henbit and Purple Dead Nettle were edible (article for reference).

I have a TON of Purple Dead Nettle growing in the yard. See the purple wave of blooms behind the bench to the right? All Purple Dead Nettle -- sort of a poor man's version of fields of lavender :)


Since I have so much of it, and since I knew it was edible, I added a bunch of it to a salad today, along with some lettuce, raisins, apple, and some dressing. It wasn't bad - more 'vegetably' than some salad greens. And a bit tough. But otherwise, it was fine.


Here's a closer up view of the weed (um, crop?) --