Saturday, September 17, 2011

what is it?

The birds are very messy and tend to throw seeds everywhere when picking through the large feeder.  I assume they do this because they are looking for their favorite bits.  Having been lazy not weeded very well I found a few large plants growing under the feeder.  At first I thought it was corn which was pretty cool.  So we left them.

Obviously from these pictures, this is most definitely not corn.  I'm not really sure what it is.  It doesn't look like my pictures of either amaranth or millet so I'm stumped.

Unfortunately I don't have the label from the birdseed so I can't even pick it out from there.  Wondering if I should harvest it for the birds for winter or if it's edible by humans.  Anyone able to identify it?




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3 comments:

  1. Sandi RatchSeptember 18, 2011 at 9:12 PM

    Sorghum, I think.

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  2. Mira DessySeptember 19, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    Turns out it is sorghum. Very cool. I'm thinking of harvesting it and grinding it for flour to use in gluten free cooking. Now to research if I need to do anything special before I process it.

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  3. Sandi RatchSeptember 19, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    I saw it growing when I toured through the greenhouses at Disney World's Living with the Land display at Epcot. I thought it was cool.

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