Tom Bridgeland wrote:

 >I am a little confused by the names you give here. I believe that what
 >you call lambsquarter is amaranth.

No, they are different plants.

 >Pig weed is something quite different, it grows in pig pens because it
 >is one of the few plants that even pigs won't eat.

Pigweed is a name used for both amaranth and lamb's quarters.

 >At least that is the way I learned them years ago on the farm. Does
 >anyone have a
 >URL for a weed site with pictures? I would like to check this out.

You can find sites with pictures off my www.foraging.com page. I have lots
of my own pictures, but with PhotoPoint biting the dust they no longer are
on the web.

Don.