Photos of Edible Greens

Seedpods as Birdfood       If you're growing your own greens for yourself and your birds, you have another option for use besides just harvesting the leaves or flowers - why not allow them to go to seed, and feed those to your birds too? Many edible plants set seed that is greatly enjoyed by canaries and other species; besides offering a tasty treat for your birds, many of the flowers will help to attract butterflies and beneficial insects, so important to an organic garden.       Many plants will easily self-sow their own seeds, and save you the effort of collecting, saving, and drying the seeds - as long as you don't mind allowing them to choose their own place to grow, you could end up harvesting food year after year, with minimal effort.       Canaries and other members of the finch family will enjoy seeds in the green, or 'milk' stage, as well as when ripe. Some useful seed-producing plants are lettuce, carrots, dandelions, shepherd's purse, teazel, caraway, canola, millets of all kinds, canary grass, and most of the cabbage and mustard plants.

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