herb garden

Sorrel

Sorrel (Rumex scutatus)

All forms of sorrel are edible, but the weedier forms may have a bitter flavour due to high oxalate levels. You may have encountered sorrel as a garden weed. It produces bright-green, shield-shaped leaves on square stems; people call the weedy forms dock. If you’ve absentmindedly put a hand out to yank dock from your […]