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Belle (she/her)

🎵Onion grass, it’s super invasive 🎶
So, eat it!
This is going in the dehydrator tomorrow to become onion powder!

Photo of nicely washed sprigs of onion grass laid out on a paper towel. Some of the springs have the bulb…the others I guess I get to harvest again next year! Unintentional sustainable harvesting I guess!
A silver colander sitting in a deep sink, full of springs of onion grass, covered in dirt.
Photo focusing on a particularly narrow, round, and curly tall piece of grass. This time of year it’s easiest to find onion grass because it gets really tall very quickly and curls at the top.
SnyperWolf

@RavynWitch I have always wondered about eating onion grass. Have you had your soil tested for contaminants (like lead)?

When I lived in the 200 year old neighborhood, I just assumed all the dirt was toxic 😅 but in my current 25 year old neighborhood, it might be okay?

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Belle (she/her)

@SnyperWolf I have not! It looks like the test is about $90 so I’m probably just going to continue hoping for the best. 🤣 I do also regularly plant sunflowers just for bees so they’re probably absorbing some of any toxins that exist.

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SnyperWolf

@RavynWitch I mean, it's probably fine. Apologies if I made you worry! I was hoping to learn if other folks considered the test to be important, and I guess I got my answer 😅

Also, I have a lot of onion grass, and it's a pain to dig up the bulbs. But if I can eat them, it might be worth it? 🤔

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Belle (she/her)

@SnyperWolf listen, only the good die young. I’ll be fine 🤣
You definitely can eat them! Either use as a replacement for green onion or can dry them to do onion powder.

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Angnor

@RavynWitch @SnyperWolf Generally speaking, you're going to be fine unless you have some pretty highly contaminated soil. If you happen to know or test your soil pH, that can also help. pH above 6.5 will inhibit any lead uptake in plants.

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