Chickweed (Stellaria media) seems to come & go as it pleases, favouring shady, damp spots, it’s most abundant in spring & now again in autumn. It’s a useful salad green in both seasons & particularly useful in autumn as it’s also an expectorant & will help as we enter the ‘season of snotty noses’. It can be used as a leafy green in sandwiches, added to other greens or veg in a salad or thrown into stir fry’s, soups & smoothies. Chickweed is nutrient rich containing vitamin C,