I FOUND LAMB'S QUARTERS!

Here in the new house, I've been bemoaning the lack of mallow weeds in the yard.  I have bitter greens (dandelion and sow thistle), sour greens (wood sorrel), and delicate greens (chickweed, and lots of it!), but I didn't have anything I recognized that was a good sturdy, bland green to use as a salad base.

Meanwhile, this other weed was springing up back there and I watched it grow larger and larger, always wishing that I knew what it was.  Well, it has finally flowered, and the flowers gave me a clue!  They looked like Chenopodium.  A little research confirmed that I've got Chenopodium album, aka Lamb's quarters!

I'm eating a salad with them this very moment.  Cool.

Comments

[Lee]

Glad to see you back. I'd checked in a few times to see what's on your mind or what you're up to.

And I also like "weeds."

[LAmom]

Hi, Lee! I don't blog as often as I used to, but once in a while something will pop up. :-)

[jcomeau_ictx]

I used to eat lamb's quarters growing up in Maine, along with wild mustard greens, sheep sorrel, and an assortment of wild mushrooms. I'm about to add mallow to my diet, which is how I found your pages on squidoo while searching for information on them. I'm currently in Petaluma, where I find some type of mallow growing in various greenspaces around town. Thanks for sharing your information!