Eaten For The 1st Time

[thistlebloom]

I paid $40 for a garden yucca because of the flowers. Thistle the ones at your home did they flower.

Yes they did, and they are beautiful flowers, and slightly fragrant too. But the most beautiful flowers could never appease me for all those needles that went through shoes and jeans and gloves.

 

[seedcorn]

I could have sent you one. Although shipping would cost but hopefully not $40.

I was hoping that what you ate was what I had as "Adam's needles-yucca" grow extremely well in my sand/gravel. If I read correctly, Adams needles are poisonous. They are great to stop erosion.

 

[Nyboy]

Mine doen't have needles, at least I don't think so planted without gloves.

 

[Nyboy]

http://www.plantdelights.com/common...lamentosa-color-guard.i-1568.s-10402.r-01.jpg this is the type of yucca I have

 

[thistlebloom]

The needles are located at the tips of the leaves. One per leaf.
no doubt the cultivated varieties are less malicious than the native wild ones. I will grudgingly admit that yours is an attractive specimen NYboy.

 

[Carol Dee]

Interesting. I d o not think the variety you have would be edible. It looks pretty stringy. The Yucca grown in IA as an ornamental is tough and rough, too.

 

[seedcorn]

Same thing except mine doesn't have the yellow. Pure green.

 

[baymule]

I would never on purpose plant yucca. Ever. There is clumps of beargrass AKA meat hanger on the property we're buying. I'll be glad to send you some, they aren't large plants. I'll keep some just for the nostalgia, but a lot of them will be uprooted.

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

The flowers are edible, I cut and eat most of the flowers from mine (Adam's Needle). The leaf fibers can be used to make rope, haven't tried it though.

I've read about the Spanish Daggers before and considered getting some for medicinal purposes as well as protecting the house from burglars. I don't know if they would be hardy here though.

I've never thought about using any kind of yucca to hang meat, but do think that they'd be great for making homemade fish-spears (right now I just tie my knife into a straight dogwood branch, split at one end).

 

[baymule]

@TheSeedObsesser my grandpa's family were farmers and ranchers in east Texas before the virgin timber was logged off. Livestock ran loose, there were no fences. The farmers/ranchers worked together to gather hogs several times a year on horses with cur dogs so they could ear mark the piglets. Each farmer had their ear mark registered at the courthouse, same as a brand. In the fall, they gathered the hogs and selected the hogs for slaughter. They used the beargrass to hang the hams and bacon in the smokehouse. String was a luxury item, they made do with what they had.