Lambsquarter tips (chenopodium giganteum)

Florida betony tubers (Stachys floridana)

florida betony (Stachys floridana) and lambsquarter (chenopodium giganteum) cooked together

florida betony (Stachys floridana) and lambsquarter (chenopodium giganteum) Plus ramen, eggs, and sausage.

#foraging breakfast... #Lambsquarter tips, Florida betony (Stachys floridana) with ramen and fresh hen fruit and some sausage for taste...
#edibleplants

#Lambsquarter is often mistaken for a weed. It is a wild edible that tastes like a combo of spinach & chard and has just as many benefits. #urbansoulfarmer #foodforest #southcentral

Meet Chenopodium album, a scrappy survivor thriving across four continents! 🌍🌿💪 Known as goosefoot, lamb’s quarters & pigweed, this medicinal wildling fights parasites, soothes bites & supports liver health. #SparrowhawkMountain, OK, #CherokeeNation! #WildMedicine #BotanicalMagic #lambsquarter ✨🍄🌎

army worms on chenopodium

Army worms on my lambsquarter (chenopodium giganteum).
Not a problem... The yardbirds love #caterpillars and #lambsquarter!
And besides... the songbirds need caterpillars to feed their young...

Lambsquarter and kale

spring greens omlet

Hang in there... Spring is coming...
In spite of another Polar vortex coming... Another one? Don't want it, thank you very much...
Here's a nice omelet made with #Lambsquarter and kale.

cardinal at chenopodium

cardinal getting seed from lambsquarter

A lot of seed sources for chenopodium giganteum (magenta spreen) tell us to pull plants before they set seed.
Those admonishments are plain wrong...
While the seed can be collected for our consumption, most get eaten by the songbirds...

#birds, #lambsquarter