tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post7185533959542804227..comments2024-03-28T01:51:22.367-03:00Comments on Not Buying Anything: Simple Gifts: Spring Colour Gregg Koephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-71867656848196065672015-05-30T01:19:17.111-03:002015-05-30T01:19:17.111-03:00Lovely picture, hard to believe all that snow melt...Lovely picture, hard to believe all that snow melted! Fiddleheads are a powerhouse of nutrition for a plant with a silly common name! I learn so much from your blog.<br /><br />Spring was particularly long, cool and dry compared to our usual May weather here in southeastern U.S.A. I know it isn't officially summer yet, but temperatures have soared, humidity has arrived. It feels like summer now.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735740353891550502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-47581324866204286332015-05-21T00:44:57.558-03:002015-05-21T00:44:57.558-03:00I would have enjoyed an extra two months of spring...I would have enjoyed an extra two months of spring this year. That is what we are used to from the west coast. Interesting about the fern frond timing.<br /><br />Ostrich ferns are the ones that are eaten locally here. Other kinds are not as palatable. The ostrich ferns must be prepared properly, then boiled or steamed for 15 to 20 minutes to make them safe.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-13370662859722944292015-05-19T05:12:16.000-03:002015-05-19T05:12:16.000-03:00Now that's interesting! Here in central German...Now that's interesting! Here in central Germany, five degrees north of Novia Scotia, spring has been in full swing for two months now thanks to the North Atlantic Current (otherwise the climate here would equal that of interior Labrador), and everything's greening and blooming - but the fern fronds are sticking their "fiddleheads" out only now, just as in your area. I wonder whether they're following an older calendar from a colder climate? Come to think of it. with the North Atlantic Current endangered by the melting polar cap, this might be a prudent strategy... I didn't know they were edible, by the way! I thought ferns were poisonous; as a budgie owner I was advised to move the potted fern out of their reach, along with the poison ivy. But maybe then, those potted ones are a different species.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com