Sound Native Plants

Beautiful !!....ya missin' my ADRIE ?

Is this the plant that makes the camas root that was a key food for NW native americans? Does anyone know how to prepare it?

Yes, this is the camas that the Nez Perce famously fed to the Lewis and Clark expedition, and many other western tribes eat them as well. They pit-roasted the bulbs, then either ate them fresh, dried them for later eating, or dried and ground them into flour. Camas is common in the remnant rocky prairies of Thurston and Pierce counties; it carpets ... Read Morethe prairies with blue in the mid-to-late spring. We also grow a similar species with larger flowers and leaves, called great camas (Camas leichtlinii), but I don't know if you can eat those.

Thanks so much! My mom has been wanting to try camas root. Will look for them next May.

So who got to feed him? (? her)

Glad to hear it was a native leech. Non-natives have been introduced by fishermen, who use them as bait, then dump the bucket when they're done fishing. Not quite a problem yet, but some of the bios at DFW are a little cranky about it!

Are ya bringin' Leechy to Seabeck to go swimmin'?

check this sewer creature out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQmFWYWqTZA

aww, reminds me of dodecatheon jeffreii on mt rainier!

I ♥ little purple flowers...Oh so beautiful.......

Wow... truly exquisite.

beautiful