OLD RELIABLES
Jul 12, 2017
4 minutes
WORDS: JENNIFER STACKHOUSE
Let’s call them ‘poverty plants’. These are the plants gardeners can rely on in times of need to get a good feed from their backyards. Their produce is not exactly popular, particularly with the kids. Plus, they’re often time-consuming to harvest or prepare, but they are nutritious and prolific.
I am talking about the likes of choko, Jerusalem artichoke, silverbeet and even rhubarb. Recent additions to the poverty list (but long known to hungry people) are Warrigal greens and Ceylon spinach.
Poverty plants are the botanical equivalent of rabbits. In The Depression, pest rabbits were relied on for meat,
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