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Tag: weeds

  • Miner’s Lettuce: On the Wild Side

    Harvesting Miner’s Lettuce After our good rains in January we have lots of Miner’s lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) popping up around the garden, even in our vegetable beds. It is a native plant in Western North America ranging from Southern Alaska and Canada all the way to Central America. The name comes from the California gold…