I am surrounded by creative divas. In response to Her Royal Lacy-ness,
reader Lydia Hallard says dried Queen Anne’s lace goes beautifully on Christmas trees.
“If you pick the heads when they’re full but still fresh, and place them face-down on a cardboard lid or cookie sheet, they will dry flat and make very pretty natural Christmas tree decorations–you can just rest them among the branches.”
And a blogger friend has posted another great idea about how to use Queen Anne’s Lace.
Who knew? (Well, not me, obviously…)
Canadian Author & Memoir Writing Coach
We haven’t seen it on our place, but Lou has eaten it in the Arizona mountains. He says it tastes good, but is woody.
I am voting for friend.
People should be aware that queen Anne’s lace looks very similar to other plants that are toxic. Spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata) for instance, is the most toxic plant in North America and one bite can kill. We should never eat any plant that we aren’t 100% sure of, and that goes double for queen Anne’s lace.
You have a great post on the topic, but I forget what month it was posted. Could you please provide the link here?
This is it: http://nhgardensolutions.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/the-most-toxic-plant-in-north-america/
I’d hate to see anyone eat this by mistake!