posted 10 years ago
I like diversity in different plant family, the most.
So, I like greens from the cabbage family (kale), the spinach family (amaranth), new zeland spinach family, malabar spinach, and lettuce vs say just the different type of greens in the cabbage family (kale, cabbage, collard green, broccoli, etc)
Fruits from different family such as persimmon, fig/mulberry, walnut/pecan, hazelnut, chestnut, jelly palm, grapes, kiwi, passionflora, jujube, pawpaw, elderberry, etc vs only eating from the rose family of fruits (cherry, plum, apricot, peach, nectarine, almond, pear, quince, apple, aronia, juneberry, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, etc)
I am sadden by the fact that all of my grains come from the grass family (corn, wheat, rye, barley, millet, etc). I should start including and eating more seed heads from the spinach family (amaranth, quinoa), legumes family and nuts flour like chestnut and hazel nut.
I could just cut back on the entire idea of seeds as a source of carbs and include more root crops, parsnip from the carrot family, sweet potaotes(morning glory family), chinese yam (yam family), irish potatoes (tomato family), sun-choke, onions, etc
Iterations are fine, we don't have to be perfect
My 2nd Location:Florida HardinessZone:10 AHS:10 GDD:8500 Rainfall:2in/mth winter, 8in/mth summer, Soil:Sand pH8 Flat