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> The name pigweed is used for both amaranth and lamb's
quarters. But the
> plants are different, though related.

We  can  almost definitely identify  lamb's quarters by
comparing them to those sold in the public farmers market
with the wild.

OUR  STORY ABOUT  LAMBS QUARTERS.

We moved to a "new" house in South Seattle.      Rented a
tiller and disturbed the soil in the yard.   Planted some
vegetable seeds.
The Garden came up like a solid green carpet.  (We had
ground the grass seeds down)   We gave up on the
vegetables( Much later in the winter we discovered that the
carrots had survived and since we knew the direction of the
planted row, could dig the "lost" carrots.  Turnips and
Rutabagas are the same.

However our garden that  summer was NOT  total a loss;   I
checked the weeds and found that  one was Lambs Quarter.

We ate Lambs Quarter,  and served it to our friends.  It had
a spinach flavor;  but tasted sweeter.

The next spring We  obtained a Tiller and Tilled the Garden.
We read that in Seattle it is important to apply Lime to the
garden!

We applied lime and tilled.   It rained, So we applied more
lime and tilled it in --   Then it rained...So we applied
more lime and tilled it in --    Then it rained...So we
applied more lime and tilled Then we did it again.   We
finally planted kind of late for Seattle in June.   That
year all the tilling had killed the grass and weed seeds so
we had a useful garden.   When the Lambs Quarter finally
came up we ate it as the first meal from the
garden ---------it was bitter,  not sweet.    We blamed  the
lime.

Now in Wyoming,  Lambs Quarter grows profusely  along the
lake reservoir shore and also well in our garden;   it is a
little bitter.  In the fall it produces a stalk with many
small seeds.   Probably edible.  Is it Amaranth?

Regards,    Lorenzo







From: "Don Wiss" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [P-F] Amaranth


> judy genova wrote:
>
> >But back to amaranth.  We have a noxious weed in our area
called pigweed or
> >red root.
>
> The name pigweed is used for both amaranth and lamb's
quarters. But the
> plants are different, though related. I do have pictures
of both somewhere
> in my foraging picture collection.
>
> >It would produce a bushy red
> >seed head at maturity.  I assume that is where all the
tiny amaranth seeds
> >were located.  I imagine if one were to collect those
heads, and shake them,
> >voila, amaranth seeds!!!
>
> They are ripe in the fall when the seeds fall out with a
minimum of rubbing.
>
> Don.