Eating Milkweed. The first step before eating any wild edible is to positively identify it. Because the leaves are bitter it is unusual for people or pets to deliberately eat milkweed but grazing animals are sometimes poisoned by them.
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As you know monarchs will only eat milkweed. Milkweed particularly common milkweed has large leaves that should at least you would think so last a long time. How to identify common milkweed.
Let me tell you why important.
If you read a guide that actually talks about eating milkweed most don t except for sam there s likely to be a sentence to the tune of. A couple of caterpillars can chomp through a good sized clump of milkweed almost before you can blink. If you read a guide that actually talks about eating milkweed most don t except for sam there s likely to be a sentence to the tune of. Let me tell you why important.
