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Wildflower: Cow Cockle & Seed collecting

Earlier this year I mentioned that I planted a big container bowl full of wildflowers. Just a packet of Wal-mart's "WILDFLOWER- bird & butterfly mixture," nothing fancy. But they've been blooming just wonderful and nicely staggered in blossoming! One of my favorites and earliest to blossom was the COW COCKLE (aka; cow-herb, china cockle.)

Just a few days ago a grey squirrel, not that pesky black squirrel (recently dubbed "HOBO" by a neighbor girl,) was on the patio in the early morning and surprised me when it snatched a dead flower and ate it! Well of course I knew it was eating the seeds, so I got thinking that I ought to go collect some before they all get eaten! Although I've read the plant and seeds are poisonous to livestock, the squirrel didn't seem to mind them, seemed to enjoy them, and has returned a number of times. It will be interesting and fun to see what/if any of the seeds collected will sprout next year!


Yes, these are really weeds, but the flowers are so pretty!

So here's what the flowers look like:

And the dried up, ol' flowers look like this:



And here is a picture of mature seeds (black are mature, brown/reddish are immature):

(Sorry about the photo quality of this one.
I blew it out with my flash on the white paper towel & counter top.)



To read more about this wildflower you can visit  this page out of Saskatchewan.

Whether flower or vegetables, consider collecting seeds this year to share with friends and/or use next year! You can store your various types of seeds in packets you make yourself! Here are a few links for free, printable seed packets:

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I'm sure the internet offers many more, these are just ones I found quickly.

For more information about seed collecting click on over to Blossom Swap's Seed Saving page.  They also have an informative page with tips and etiquette for swapping seeds.






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