Urban foraging.

[sister_luck]

Last August I noticed an unusual plant between the cracks of the pavement in my street.

Now it's back and grown a lot bigger:



If it weren't for the neighbourhood dogs' legs and the exhausts of the parked cars pointing right at the pretty leaves, I'd make rocket pesto tonight from a recipe in one of my favourite cook books.

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[lijability.livejournal.com]

What is that an oak-leaf lettuce? Looks like a parsely off to the right. But what is wrong about dogs and exhaust? Both are fertilizers. And the worst washes off.

[sister-luck.livejournal.com]

Rocket, Italian rucola, German Rauke is what Americans call arugula - though I've just had a look around wikipedia and now know that while the plant in the picture (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmalblättriger_Doppelsame) above is often sold as rucola in Germany, it's not technically the same as Eruca sativa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruca_sativa).

The other stuff is just a weed that looks a bit like parsley.