You might remember that in one of the rock garden posts I said there were several Clammy Ground Cherry plants growing, and I was going to leave them for now since they are native. I did leave them. They matured and got leggy as I knew they would, but it was fine to have them there for this year.
I've shown pictures of the whole life cylce of this plant before because it's such a fun little find- see links below.
The best part, for me, is that I harvested 6 fruits yesterday. Here are 3 of them, still in their pods.
And what did I do with them? I put three on yesterday's dinner salad, and three on today's! Yum, yum. The little balls- these are the fruits, and the inside looks just like a tiny tomato- same family. They aren't quite ripe- they would turn golden, but you can eat them anyway, and they taste about the same. They are sweet and tart at the same time. Each one is a little sticky on the outside. I usually find only one or two at a time and pop them like candy, but six seemed like a significant number, requiring me to treat it with respect.
I have seen big patches of them growing, but usually just a few plants in any one place.
It rained all day and was cold. I was tired. I managed to edit and do a few other things, but I also napped and read. Ho hum. It was that kind of day.
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2 comments:
They almost look like olives. How interesting.
Ann- they are nearly perfectly round little balls
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