🇳🇱 Goedenacht, slaap zacht. Rupsjes van het #GrootKoolwitje op een flink kaalgegeten #LookZonderLook in een tuin #ErgensInEenBos
🇩🇪 Gute Nacht und schöne Träume. #GroßerKohlweißling raupe und #Knoblauchsrauke
🇬🇧 Good night, sleep tight. #LargeWhite and #GarlicMustard
🇨🇿 Dobrou noc a hezké sny. #BělásekZelný a #ČesnáčekLékařský
#PierisBrassicae #AlliariaPetiolata

#GarlicMustard ( #AlliariaPetiolata ) in the backyard. An invasive species. It’s a beautiful yard but if it belonged to us we’d try to make it native.

#bloomscrolling #SmallCityLivin

I am in a bit of a photography slump again... But I went to the woods to look for flowers today and found this one. I think its English name is peculiar – the garlic mustard. Apparently it has been used as a spice since the Stone Age. I have not tasted it. Have you?

#garlicmustard
#alliariapetiolata
#flowers
#spring
#may
#helsinki
#finland

Lots of #orangetip #butterfly activity at the moment - not a #cuckooflower or #garlicmustard without at least one egg on it! 😎
They’re only 1mm long but bright orange so easy enough to spot if your eyes are up to it 🤓

#nature #wildlife #invertebrates #insects #lepidoptera #butterflies #macro #macrophotography

[25/04/2026]

My best homie who got me hooked on butterflies in the first place recently taught me where exactly A. cardamines females prefer to lay their eggs on. While we already knew that they exclusively rely on garlic mustard, their eggs are hidden right under the leaves & will turn orange within a few days. If multiple leaves are already full, females will start to lay their eggs on top of the leaves.

#Lepidoptera #Butterfly #ButterflyEgg #OrangeTip #GarlicMustard #Plant #Nature

One more for the #InvasiveSpecies topic, and then I'll be moving on to other subjects!

Garlic Mustard - Eat It to Beat It!

• Young tender leaves can be torn up a bit and added to salads.

• Sautee garlic in olive oil or sesame oil or bacon grease; add chopped garlic
mustard and other greens if available (garlic chives, spinach, arugula,
lambsquarters, mustard greens, what-have-you); a little salt or soy sauce; add a bit of water or stock and cook gently. A dash of vinegar, balsamic or otherwise, may be in order. Taste and decide. This could be spread on toast, added to casseroles, eggs, quiche, stir-fries, etc.

• Garlic mustard pesto: crush garlic, slice up garlic mustard and also garlic chives if
available, puree both in food processor with olive oil and walnuts (or pine nuts);
add parmesan cheese. Start the water for pasta!

• Cream sauce: heat 1/4 cup oil and add 1/4 cup flour and cook; add hot milk.
Separately cook finely chopped garlic mustard in a little sesame oil; and tamari or soy sauce. Add some of the sauce; puree in food processor and add back to the sauce. Add cheese as desired. Good on stuffed grape leaves for one.

• With leftover garlic mustard sauce, add a little yogurt, balsamic vinegar, and tamari and serve as a sauce for steamed asparagus. [That sounds really good!]

Read more [PDF, includes recipes]:
https://www.woodcountywi.gov/Departments/LandConservation/Brochures/Garlic%20Mustard%20Recipes.pdf

#SolarPunkSunday #EatEmToBeatEm #Recipes #GarlicMustard

‘If you can’t beat them, eat them.’ Why foraging for invasive plants is good for you — and the planet.

How to identify and cook two invasive species

By Jenna Perlman, Updated April 16, 2024

"The Globe asked local #foragers for recipes incorporating two edible (and quite tasty) invasives: #GarlicMustard and #JapaneseKnotweed. Below is a detailed identification guide and some of the best recipes, with help from certified educator Rachel Goclawski, who runs the 'Cooking with Mrs. G' YouTube channel."

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/16/lifestyle/if-you-cant-beat-them-eat-them-why-foraging-invasive-plants-is-good-you-planet/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7CNV1

#SolarPunkSunday #InvasiveSpecies #EatEmToBeatEm #Foraging #Recipes

Why foraging for invasive plants is good for you — and the planet.

Here's how to identify and cook two invasive species.

The Boston Globe

Includes plants -- like #SowThistle, #GarlicMustard, and #Watercress!

Welcome to Invasivorism

"Turning invasive species into gourmet meals could blunt #environmental and economic costs across the US. But can Americans stomach them? Chefs and biologists are taking a gamble."

Learn more:
http://eattheinvaders.org/

#SolarPunkSunday #Invasivorism #EatEmToBeatEm #InvasiveSpecies

Eat The Invaders — Fighting Invasive Species, One Bite At A Time!

Fighting Invasive Species, One Bite At A Time!

Best Pizza, in my eyes/mouth!
wheat/spelt/semolina-dough
Salted caper, rinsed
Ramsoms
#pizza #pizzalove #pizzaddict #ramsoms
#garlicmustard #Epilobium are the "herbs" you see!
Delicious