One of these things is not like the other

Not everything is edible in the food forest. Here we have blackberries spilling over the back fence, strawberries, blueberry, flowering kale, Italian prune plum and rhubarb. Oh yes, and a beautiful lupine.

Lupines are legumes and excellent nitrogen fixers, but aren’t edible due to their alkaloids and enzyme inhibitors. They are popular with bumblebees and honeybees though!

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