Lambs Quarter Identification & Edible Uses [The Foraging Chronicles Episode 2]
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- Lambs quarter (Chenopodium sp.), also known as goosefoot or wild spinach, is a wild edible weed that is highly nutritious. This plants identification is very straight forward.
The leaves are generally triangular in shape, and have wavy margins, giving some lambs quarters leaves a "goose foot" shape. After all, Chenopodium literally means goosefoot.
The stems of lambs quarters have lateral grooves and are often tinged red, at least at the base and leaf axils. The flowers are small green spheres, turning into tiny black seeds at maturity.
A powdery white dust often covers the whole plant.
The leaves of lambs quarters are edible like spinach, and the seeds are also eaten. Do not harvest lambs quarter anywhere where large amounts of soil nitrates may be present.
Found this plant in the yard last year but the geese ate it. This year I was delighted to find a small colony in our pasture. The largest plant I have been eating off of for weeks! Delicious! I discovered this is cultivated in northern India & in Nepal as a staple in their diets. They are considered the 2nd most nutritious "wild" plant in the US.
I’ve made the mistake for years of cussing at these as I pulled them out and threw them out from between my green beans. Wait till I tell my wife I should not weed the garden but eat the weeds!
Absolutely! I'm teaching one of my granddaughters herbs & wild foraging. Such a delight! You don't have the Hassel of when to plant, "weeding" except to make sure other "weeds" don't crowd them out, & have the comfort of knowing they're still there in a bind. That is unless the willy goats of this world do them in from the skies or other such nefarious means.
Thank you Matthew. I was able to identify conclusively a goose foot growing in my garden and I am excited to try it when it gets bigger. This is not a weed I've generally seen in my yard, but since it is in the flower bed under a tree, I am assuming a bird brought it in for me. If I like it, I will definitely collect and plant the seeds in a pot.
Awesome! So glad this video was able to help!
Nicely done. You got in close, and talked about details of the leaves, flowers and seeds. Explaining what is edible and how to eat it was good info. Surprised you haven't more views or likes. You remind me a little of the actor Ryan Reynolds for some reason. Anyway, thanks for the video
Excellent
Thank you Matthew excellent presentation. Why do you think people call it lambs quarters? I like the goose foot name better as you have said it looks like a goose foot. The Latin name also . God bless you Matthew.
Apparently it dates back to a 9th century English harvest festival called "Lammas Quarter" where they would eat lamb and greens of this plant. I had to look it up. The more you know... Thanks for watching!
My plants leaves are similar to yr photos. However, the flowers are bright like mini sunflowers or daisies. Please advise/comment, HELP please 4:48
Especially with how bad google's search engine has gotten about being able to find what you search for, trying to use common names to identify plants on the internet is almost completely useless.