{"product_id":"gbognome-nightshade-greens","title":"Gbognome Nightshade Greens","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe description below is borrowed from our friends at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.experimentalfarmnetwork.org\/collections\/eggplant\/products\/gbognome-nightshade-greens\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eExperimental Farm Network\u003c\/a\u003e, where we got our initial seed stock for experimenting here in Florida. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeatured in Dr. William Woys Weaver's book 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From, this fascinating plant has rarely been offered for sale or even trade in this country. Originally from Togo, though the species itself is believed to originate in India, Gbognome (pronounced bog-NO-may) produces beautiful green fruits ripening to yellow, which are supposedly edible (if very bitter) when picked and cooked in their green stage, but these are not the prime attraction. Gbognome is grown for its tasty and nutritious young leaves. Dr. Weaver advises cooking the leaves (which develop thorns on the spine once too mature) in water like spinach and reserving the cooking stock as a base for soup. His wonderful book contains a few great recipes for this plant.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe grew these during the really warm spring and summer months in Florida and shared some plants for our friend Tim Noyes who helped with growing these plants to save their seed. They are short little plants maybe 2-3' high so they didn't need any staking. They took a while to get going probably because we started too early- they really need heat! The leaves were quite tasty and unlike other summer greens, not slimy. A nice treat for summer greens. This has become a favorite of farmer Angie Minno down the road from us as well. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Working Food Seed \u0026 Merch Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304246563005,"sku":null,"price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/1734\/5725\/files\/nightshadegreens4.jpg?v=1777567873","url":"https:\/\/workingfoodseeds.org\/products\/gbognome-nightshade-greens","provider":"Working Food ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}