My father in law told me 50 years ago to eat that lambs quarters, don't pull and throw away. It took 50 years but now I realize how important this info might become. Thanks to you, my lady !
There's a good reason lambs quarter has the nick name of spinach tree. I had a single plant come up last year that grew to 8' tall. I let it go to seed and now I have sprouts coming up everwhere! Free spinach! Yum...
What an awesome video. I left my garden untouched this year and most of it was liberated by lambs quarter and dill. I'll be harvesting it all soon to dehydrate for winter. It's amazing how so many maintenance free "weeds" are some of the most valuable sources of food and nutrition.
I just discovered your channel and now binge-watching :) This is great! I love that you do thorough identification and show weeds in different seasons and also cook with them - thank you so so much!!!
I moved away from a field of lambs quarter a year before I knew I could have made use of it for the 9 years I lived next to it. I love your videos and your voice! You always cheer me up! Thank you!
Thanks for your videos! I watched one of your videos for the first time this week, and immediately went to the garden and picked a lovely mess of wild greens: wild lettuce, Dock, Dandelion, Shepherd's Purse, along with the Spinach and Collards that overwintered (In Colorado, at 7000 feet? ?) It made a lovely plate full of greens! Another of your videos took me out to sample Redbud flowers for the first time. Delish! Shortly, the lamb's quarter and pigweed will be ready to eat here, along with the domestic amaranth varieties that decorate the garden (Golden Giant and Love Lies Bleeding). After that, wild Purslane will be ready It is a staple in our salads all summer long. Our earth provides for us, if only we'll make an effort to learn about it!
I'm glad you know how good all those plants are, Ted Preston. It is amazing what good eating is out there. Happy spring and happy foraging! And I'm glad you enjoyed your Redbud flowers!
Thanks, Erik Fabian! Some plants look so different between when they are older and younger, for sure. It's nice when there's still some good eating as these wild greens mature. That's not the case with some others. I hope you have some good weeds around you, too!
Hi, new subscriber here. I enjoy watching and learning from your channel. What you call pig weed, we call calaloo in Jamaica my home country. They are my favorite greens, and we eat every part of it .
I eat lambs quarters often but I have not eaten amaranth yet. Question for you, what is in all the jars on your counter ? I love seeing what other foragers keep. Oh, and I've never fermented rosebud flowers before even though I eat them in the spring.
I dont know what I'd do without you, my garden got over run with weeds ,because I had some things happen and my truck broke down and I just didn't have the time or the help to keep it cleaned, but as it turns out they were pig weed amaranth and lambsquarter and some other as yet unidentified stuff and some poison jinsom moon flower, so from now till I die I will be harvesting the amaranth and lambsquarter, thankyou!!
I"m glad my video helped out, Robert Fulmer8475. I've been there myself, not being able to get at the garden and have weeds take over. But when the weeds are as good as Lambs Quarter and Amaranth, I can still get a good harvest! I hope you've been enjoying these plants, too!
That was a really good video. It was really instructive, about how to choose the best leaves and stems. I like lambs quarter, and so does our chicken Felicia. It grows all over Rhode Island.
I love amaranth leaves , i normally cook mine with onions , chilles , garlic and a potato cut into cubes and served with rice and dhall on the side. Delicious. Awesome video
Thanks, Priya Rajcoomar! Your dish sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing your love of amaranth. It's such a neglected plant in American cooking. Your experience highlights how amaranth is real food for regular people. And maybe it will encourage others to get to know this plant, too! I would take a plate of your dish right now -- you've got me hungry! :D
I am container gardening this year, (due to a spring fire) and I have a really healthy lambs quarter that is making seeds. I always munch on new leaves when I am in the garden and I have dried some for winter greens... I am planning on harvesting the seeds to plant in my new garden next year.. My husband doesn't like most spinach like greens, but he will eat a bit of this so I am going to make it into a crop for us. I have tried amaranth, but we both prefer the lambs quarters.. thanks for this information and cooking tips.
I'm glad you have that lambs quarter - and sharing how you enjoy using it, too. I'm with you -- other greens are good, but nothing beats lambs quarter for sheer deliciousness. Even better than any garden greens! Your husband is just holding out for the best of the greens, lol! Happy gardening - and I hope your recovery from the fire goes smoothly.
Lucky, well-fed chickens! :D I've had some comments in my other Lambs Quarter video from folks that know this plant as Fat Hen. I hope your chickens are fat and happy with their Lambs Quarter, too!
we also leave a few of both pigweed and lambsquarters to grow during the season, their deep roots bring up minerals from the deep, I then chop them up and sprinkle all over the garden.
I absolutely love every video you do you are simply so entertaining and knowledgeable and you’re not animated and have an agenda. It’s so refreshing that you just want to share your knowledge I watch everything you post. I have learned so much from you. It’s such a blessing that I came across you a while back, and I just absolutely love how you do these videos. Thank you so very much.
I've never seen a bad video from haphazard homestead. I'm always sure to learn something new, and so many cool ideas!! Best channel on UA-cam!!! Thanks so much and keep up the great work!!!
I grew a variety of amaranth including wild this year and collected the seeds to cultivate my own crop again this year. It made a ton of seed! Easy to gather and save.
I can eat the buds of Amaranth . Boil or steam and pour salted butter on them , sweet and good smelt , yummy . Or Vietnamese make amaranth soup with shrimps chopped and meat grounded , spring onion , salt, pepper grounded . So yummy . Your omelet is so nice and delicious . Thanks for sharing .
Thanks for sharing how you eat amaranth, too, MrsHeavencitizen! That helps us all appreciate this plant even more! Your soup sounds really, really delicious! Happy spring!
Good to know another name for this plant. Amaranth is a much easier name to pronounce than what we call it in the Eastern Caribbean: weweweree. We cook it in a similar fashion.
Hi ya Sally! Lambs quarters pop up threw out my yard (as does Polk weed) I let them grow cause they r food, I sooo love perennial food! Mine grow to about 6’. I love it, my neighbors don’t. Pig weed kinda looks familiar, but I’ve never really looked at them, I’ll keep an eye out for them now that for sure, it’s nice to know that the pliable stalks r edible as well, I think I heard that about the end of the stems on lambs quarters. I was going to ask for the redbud ferment video, but read n a comment that it’s coming up, I look forward to it! I believe u said the pig weed root is also edible??? I love when plants have more than one edible part!!! Ur awesome and I thank u for sharing ur knowledge! U may or may not know just how much that means to me! Thank u
Thank you for the perfect description and direction. I will be going out today and picking my flowering Lamb's Quarters. I am adding them to my breakfast bone broth. I will add my 'Hopi' amaranth too. Looks MORE THAN PRETTY GOOD. Looks delish!!!
That sounds like a great breakfast, especially on a cool morning! Enjoy your fancy amaranth, lol. One of these years I'll have to try some of the fancy ones, like the Love Lies Bleeding or Joseph's Coat. It's amazing how much variety can be brought out of a weedy plant with persistent breeding.
ok..I just found your channel today when I searched for lambs quarter recipes. I'm laughing because I commented on your 1st LQ video that they are good with eggs..lol. However. now I've got to go find your video on Red Buds! We have a red bud tree, and I only learned last year that they are edible. I had no idea you could preserve them though (makes total sense though). Can't wait for next year to harvest red buds now! I've subscribed and looking forward to binge watching your channel! Thank you!
Thanks for this! I live in Saskatchewan and we have lambs quarter coming up in the community garden. It's small and not as toothed as these, but it's hydrophobic like that and has a similar shape to the leaves. I'm pretty sure it is that. I will check for some videos from our area to make sure! You remind me of my favourite auntie :) Have a great day!
Yes I have a huge limbs quarter plant outside my bedroom window I had no idea it was food I'm so proud God provides these things for us even when we don't even know it I also have a big pokeweed plant thanks for all your videos I live in Southwest Missouri
Wow! I think of all the times us kid's went to bed hungry & all those "weeds" we had to pull outta the garden!!!! My gosh. But, pigweed? LOL. And that's amaranth, huh? Did you know their seeds pop like popcorn? They get bigger & they say they're very tasty that way. I don't happen to have any in my yard but I am gonna plant some! Lol. Lol. Imagine that!!! I remember harvesting dandelion though. I'm gonna try dandelion bread this Summer. Spurlane I do have. It's even good on sandwiches, tender vine & all. It has an okra like juice. I'm gonna become a forager, for sure.
I have my lettuce seed and bocchoy seed gathered and I am collecting the lambs quarters seed now. I will succession seed the mix all winter in my greenhouse. I don't have the patients to prepare the pig weed.
That seems like a great strategy for winter greens, Hans Quistorff! Don't count that amaranth out, though. Pig weed makes great microgreens and baby greens, too. I'll show that in a future video. At that stage, they are tasty from tip to tail, so there's not even any trimming required. They are like baby beet greens, only not so colorful unless you have one of the specialty varieties.
HH, I am glad you posted this vid on Lambs Quarter and Amaranth, cause it grows in so many zones throughout the country. I was wondering if you have ever eaten Bamboo stalks? It also grows , it seems like almost everywhere, eh? I have some (Golden Bamboo growing near me and I pick the young shoots in the spring, then take off any leaves or tough areas on the stalk, rinse off and clean the stalks cook. (I cook and rinse them three times before eating and Do Not Drink The Liquid it was cooked in, exactly like Poke Weed.) The thing that is interesting about Bamboo is that, depending on the age of the stalk or maybe the variety of Bamboo, it has distinctly different flavors. One part tastes like Asparagus and another part tastes like Corn on the Cob. It is a very interesting plant that is under utilized. I think you will find this plant a welcome addition to your long list of yummy edible plants. They can be grown in large pots and continually harvested from, cutting the young stalks, that grow with wild abandon. Hoping you can bring some new appreciation to this age old plant. : ) Love Your Vids!
I have never eaten fresh-harvested Bamboo. That sounds so interesting. I will put that on my list of plants to seek out and try -- in all the ways! I see folks growing bamboo around here, so I will definitely track some down. And I'll look for the Golden Bamboo specifically, too. Thanks!
MerAngel12121 Hello! This is interesting, and u caught my attention! Did I understand u correctly, that all variety’s of bamboo r edible??? Could u tell me at what height u stop harvesting the shoots at??? I’ll greatly appreciate ur reply! Thank you
I didnt know lambs quarter and pig weed often go hand in hand, thank you! It amazes me how many wild greens there are when we know what we're looking at!
All the wild greens amaze me, too! Both lambs quarter and pig weed like disturbed soil, especially soil with plenty of nutrients. And they germinate at close to the same soil temperature, although in my experience, the amaranth is a little faster in sprouting and growing. That said, I find amaranth in some really tough conditions, too -- even tougher than the lambs quarter can manage. The amaranth can handle such dry conditions -- it just goes to seed super fast, lol. Here's to the wild greens! :D
I found your video and pulled out my lambs quarter last year. Kinda thought it was weed 😅 but it regrew this year and decided to look into it. Glad it's as stubborn as i am. Thank you for the information. Btw, I'm in California.
We have fields full of the Lambs quarter and Redroot Pig Weed. I am interested to try this. Thank you for showing them so clearly and how to cook them.
Hi, E! Good to see you here! I was so fortunate to have my dad get me started eating wild plants, and his Ozark relatives that relied on so many wild plants as a way of life. I know you have these plants in Missouri, in quantity, lol. When life keeps you from getting into the garden, these weeds can still provide.
I cannot attest to the flavor of that omlet but I will say it was as pretty as any I have seen. The redbud flowers on top of the greens and the golden brown of the outer part of the omlet is really perfect.
You are delightful and resourceful and very skilled at what you do. thanx for sharing. I am in North Central FL and have been looking for lambs and nettles for quite a while. I bought some organic compost from a local farm and I got way too many amaranth, I did not know you could eat beyond the seeds so now I am hoping I can find a few out there I tried to grow nettles and lambsq but the seeds so fine they did not come up 2 seasons, so I gave up.
Cooked a bunch of lambs quarters the other day, leaves, upper stems and flowers but the dish turned out quite bitter, unpleasantly bitter . Tried to add a few more ingredients to get rid of the bitterness but it wouldn't go away . May have to blanch and discard the water next time even if that means losing some of the nutritients but at least would end up with a palatable dish .
I must have composted almost a thousand lambs quarters this spring I didn't know what they were. Can't wait for next spring and hopefully some will come back ☺️
@@HaphazardHomestead Thank you! Just yesterday I was wandering around the yard and found a couple patches of lambs quarters and threw them in the veggies I made for dinner. They are absolutely delicious 🤤
Update: I saved the seeds from last year and sowed a few patches. They have been excellent! Thank you so much for passing along your knowledge to me! I feel truly honored and blessed! I pray that all is well ❤️
I'm glad you're enjoying my channel! You'll see more about those redbud flowers before long! They are really good -- and redbud trees are easy to identify right when the flowers are ready to harvest. I do have other videos already about picking and eating redbud flowers. I'll put the playlist here, in case anyone else is interested, too -- ua-cam.com/play/PLEGN8kE_KnjBkw17z9Y_PiBoLE-mwuROF.html
Today you, my friend are my hero. 🙂 I have so much amaranth & had absolutely no idea what to do with it! Most of mine is now between this stage & the young ones from your other amaranth video. Looks like I've got a ton of harvesting to do! Everyone has been telling me to allow it to go to seed as the seeds are super nutritious & versatile. I'd love to hear your take on that. Youve got a new subscriber today!😁
I really think you should open a small restaurant. I’m getting hungry! :). I have always enjoyed your unique foods! Yummy, the cattail pancakes were super!
Hey, Josh, what a surprise to see you here! You know how good all those wild greens are -- and mushrooms and all the other wild harvests, too. I'm glad you remember those cattail pancakes! Lately, I've been eating pine pollen pancakes with wild huckleberries. I think you would like those, too! :D
I've just learn the name of my vegetable "Amaranth" that my family and my people been eating for thousand of years. Didn't know you guys would consider that wild. However i have a few different variety. And the one variety that you have i also found it around my area and have always wonder if it was Amaranth because it 99% identical to my amaranth. Only different was the leave shape. Our is more wide around the bottom but the wild one is more slime. Anyway i have save some in my yard just incase and now after watching so many video on amaranth i can safely say it is in fact safe.
Yay! I'm always happy to find another lambs quarter fan. If only everyone knew how great it is. If you have trouble finding amaranth, ask a farmer, Cooperative Extension agent, or a Master Gardener in your area. Or go to a local community gardener. Many farmers spend a lot of effort trying to kill it all, but they can't. And even many gardeners think it's a major weed. You may have a different species in your area, like Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmerii), but that's OK.
Is it OK to say that I'm glad you have more weeds around you now? ; ) I'm interested to know whether you will like them this time of year. I don't think they taste any different, just stronger. Here's to plenty of weeds in your new location -- and some tasty wild mushrooms, too!
Thank you for the good info. Since I've only been seriously foraging for about a year this old grandma considers myself a beginner. Been gardening for years and nibbling on sorrel and a few other weeds for years but trying a lot more things now! Many of the new things are really tasty. I've tried red root and lamb's quarters and not too sure about them but time to check them out again. In more detail! Maude
I'm glad you got something useful from my video, Maude! There is more to know about foraging than any one person can learn in a lifetime. I'm still learning all the time, too. There are always more plants and mushrooms to get to know and use in different ways. You have a great start, being a gardener means you are used to looking at plants closely and noticing how they are different from each other, even one variety from another. You appreciate how plants can look different over time - from first sprouting until they are done for the season. And so many other reasons, lol. Hmm, that's a good video topic -- thanks! :D
You're welcome, Russell Ballestrini! This is such a common weed in so many places. And if you don't have this one nearby, there are a lot of other Amaranth weeds that are good, too. I hope you can find some around you.
My father in law told me 50 years ago to eat that lambs quarters, don't pull and throw away. It took 50 years but now I realize how important this info might become. Thanks to you, my lady !
I can't believe almost every "weed" I've been fighting for yrs and yrs is food /medicine. I don't have 1/2 the variety I used have. I know better now
Lol same here now i look for weeds and hunt it like treasure. Learning more about it everyday.
The control system has dumbed us down in so many ways. Thank you for your videos.
There's a good reason lambs quarter has the nick name of spinach tree. I had a single plant come up last year that grew to 8' tall. I let it go to seed and now I have sprouts coming up everwhere! Free spinach! Yum...
What an awesome video. I left my garden untouched this year and most of it was liberated by lambs quarter and dill.
I'll be harvesting it all soon to dehydrate for winter.
It's amazing how so many maintenance free "weeds" are some of the most valuable sources of food and nutrition.
I just discovered your channel and now binge-watching :) This is great! I love that you do thorough identification and show weeds in different seasons and also cook with them - thank you so so much!!!
Hey step away from that tablet so I can see. LoL
I moved away from a field of lambs quarter a year before I knew I could have made use of it for the 9 years I lived next to it. I love your videos and your voice! You always cheer me up! Thank you!
Thanks for your videos! I watched one of your videos for the first time this week, and immediately went to the garden and picked a lovely mess of wild greens: wild lettuce, Dock, Dandelion, Shepherd's Purse, along with the Spinach and Collards that overwintered (In Colorado, at 7000 feet? ?) It made a lovely plate full of greens! Another of your videos took me out to sample Redbud flowers for the first time. Delish!
Shortly, the lamb's quarter and pigweed will be ready to eat here, along with the domestic amaranth varieties that decorate the garden (Golden Giant and Love Lies Bleeding). After that, wild Purslane will be ready It is a staple in our salads all summer long. Our earth provides for us, if only we'll make an effort to learn about it!
I'm glad you know how good all those plants are, Ted Preston. It is amazing what good eating is out there. Happy spring and happy foraging! And I'm glad you enjoyed your Redbud flowers!
Nice one. I enjoy seeing the plants at different stages and your cooking style.
Thanks, Erik Fabian! Some plants look so different between when they are older and younger, for sure. It's nice when there's still some good eating as these wild greens mature. That's not the case with some others. I hope you have some good weeds around you, too!
If you like fermenting, try dandelion buds. I did this spring and am sure to repeat next year.
Hi, new subscriber here. I enjoy watching and learning from your channel. What you call pig weed, we call calaloo in Jamaica my home country. They are my favorite greens, and we eat every part of it .
I always preferred the name goosefoot. Helps people who don't know to identify it accurately
You should juice the leaves it’s pure gold
I eat lambs quarters often but I have not eaten amaranth yet. Question for you, what is in all the jars on your counter ? I love seeing what other foragers keep. Oh, and I've never fermented rosebud flowers before even though I eat them in the spring.
I dont know what I'd do without you, my garden got over run with weeds ,because I had some things happen and my truck broke down and I just didn't have the time or the help to keep it cleaned, but as it turns out they were pig weed amaranth and lambsquarter and some other as yet unidentified stuff and some poison jinsom moon flower, so from now till I die I will be harvesting the amaranth and lambsquarter, thankyou!!
I"m glad my video helped out, Robert Fulmer8475. I've been there myself, not being able to get at the garden and have weeds take over. But when the weeds are as good as Lambs Quarter and Amaranth, I can still get a good harvest! I hope you've been enjoying these plants, too!
That was a really good video. It was really instructive, about how to choose the best leaves and stems. I like lambs quarter, and so does our chicken Felicia. It grows all over Rhode Island.
I love amaranth leaves , i normally cook mine with onions , chilles , garlic and a potato cut into cubes and served with rice and dhall on the side. Delicious. Awesome video
Thanks, Priya Rajcoomar! Your dish sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing your love of amaranth. It's such a neglected plant in American cooking. Your experience highlights how amaranth is real food for regular people. And maybe it will encourage others to get to know this plant, too! I would take a plate of your dish right now -- you've got me hungry! :D
Haphazard Homestead if you ever visit South Africa , you're invited to my home for supper :)
I am container gardening this year, (due to a spring fire) and I have a really healthy lambs quarter that is making seeds. I always munch on new leaves when I am in the garden and I have dried some for winter greens... I am planning on harvesting the seeds to plant in my new garden next year.. My husband doesn't like most spinach like greens, but he will eat a bit of this so I am going to make it into a crop for us. I have tried amaranth, but we both prefer the lambs quarters.. thanks for this information and cooking tips.
I'm glad you have that lambs quarter - and sharing how you enjoy using it, too. I'm with you -- other greens are good, but nothing beats lambs quarter for sheer deliciousness. Even better than any garden greens! Your husband is just holding out for the best of the greens, lol! Happy gardening - and I hope your recovery from the fire goes smoothly.
I'm so glad I found ur channel
Thanks, lord Weed! Happy foraging!
My chickens have been enjoying the Lamb's Quarter flowers.
Lucky, well-fed chickens! :D I've had some comments in my other Lambs Quarter video from folks that know this plant as Fat Hen. I hope your chickens are fat and happy with their Lambs Quarter, too!
we also leave a few of both pigweed and lambsquarters to grow during the season, their deep roots bring up minerals from the deep, I then chop them up and sprinkle all over the garden.
Yours are by far the best videos on the net! Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome -- and thanks for your appreciation, T Justmetmc! I hope you get to enjoy some weeds, too! : )
I absolutely love every video you do you are simply so entertaining and knowledgeable and you’re not animated and have an agenda. It’s so refreshing that you just want to share your knowledge I watch everything you post. I have learned so much from you. It’s such a blessing that I came across you a while back, and I just absolutely love how you do these videos. Thank you so very much.
Thanks for your kind words, Paula Hulse. I hope you are enjoying some wild plants around your area this season!
I've never seen a bad video from haphazard homestead. I'm always sure to learn something new, and so many cool ideas!! Best channel on UA-cam!!! Thanks so much and keep up the great work!!!
I grew a variety of amaranth including wild this year and collected the seeds to cultivate my own crop again this year. It made a ton of seed! Easy to gather and save.
Oh yummy
I can eat the buds of Amaranth . Boil or steam and pour salted butter on them , sweet and good smelt , yummy . Or Vietnamese make amaranth soup with shrimps chopped and meat grounded , spring onion , salt, pepper grounded . So yummy . Your omelet is so nice and delicious . Thanks for sharing .
Thanks for sharing how you eat amaranth, too, MrsHeavencitizen! That helps us all appreciate this plant even more! Your soup sounds really, really delicious! Happy spring!
I eat like spinach.... Very testy.... Very healthy
I am throughly enjoying your extensive plant identification and simple recipes! Thank you so much for your knowledge on these foods.
Amaranth and Lamb's quarters grew in my yard last and I love Amaranth. I winnowed alot of seeds last year so I can grow it this year.
i thought you didn't answer someone so i googled to get an answer for her.
you have lots of knowledge to share and help yourself and us.
Amaranth are delicious. The red variety especially.
I was just wondering about this exact question. Thanks!
Yay! I'm glad this was helpful. If you try eating your lambs quarter or amaranth, I'm always interested in your own taste review!
I have not tried either, but when I do I'll let you know. :D
I hope you enjoy them. If you do, you've got a lifetime of good, free eating ahead! : )
AMAZING!
Hands down she is the best at wild edibles
I’ve just discovered lambs quarter. I love it. Eat that now instead of spinach❤❤
Me too cannot believe the plants i have been getting rid off all those years are edibles and healthy thank you so much for your information 😁👍
Good to know another name for this plant. Amaranth is a much easier name to pronounce than what we call it in the Eastern Caribbean: weweweree. We cook it in a similar fashion.
I’m México 🇲🇽 we call it quentonil or quelite
I love eating purslane in an omelette. I will have to taste lamb’s quarters since I like spinach.
Hi ya Sally! Lambs quarters pop up threw out my yard (as does Polk weed) I let them grow cause they r food, I sooo love perennial food! Mine grow to about 6’. I love it, my neighbors don’t. Pig weed kinda looks familiar, but I’ve never really looked at them, I’ll keep an eye out for them now that for sure, it’s nice to know that the pliable stalks r edible as well, I think I heard that about the end of the stems on lambs quarters. I was going to ask for the redbud ferment video, but read n a comment that it’s coming up, I look forward to it! I believe u said the pig weed root is also edible??? I love when plants have more than one edible part!!! Ur awesome and I thank u for sharing ur knowledge! U may or may not know just how much that means to me! Thank u
I like wild food very much
Wow got to pickle some red bud flowers, we use the younger plants for salad or lightly cooked, older ones in pies or omelette or soup.
Thnx for info. My favorite wild edibles
I'm happy that you know lambs quarter and amaranth, Teresa Pimentel! You are eating well with these two great plants! :D
Thank you for the perfect description and direction. I will be going out today and picking my flowering Lamb's Quarters. I am adding them to my breakfast bone broth. I will add my 'Hopi' amaranth too. Looks MORE THAN PRETTY GOOD. Looks delish!!!
That sounds like a great breakfast, especially on a cool morning! Enjoy your fancy amaranth, lol. One of these years I'll have to try some of the fancy ones, like the Love Lies Bleeding or Joseph's Coat. It's amazing how much variety can be brought out of a weedy plant with persistent breeding.
ok..I just found your channel today when I searched for lambs quarter recipes. I'm laughing because I commented on your 1st LQ video that they are good with eggs..lol. However. now I've got to go find your video on Red Buds! We have a red bud tree, and I only learned last year that they are edible. I had no idea you could preserve them though (makes total sense though). Can't wait for next year to harvest red buds now! I've subscribed and looking forward to binge watching your channel! Thank you!
Thanks for this! I live in Saskatchewan and we have lambs quarter coming up in the community garden. It's small and not as toothed as these, but it's hydrophobic like that and has a similar shape to the leaves. I'm pretty sure it is that. I will check for some videos from our area to make sure! You remind me of my favourite auntie :) Have a great day!
Hi I'm in saskatchewan near meadow lake, there's tons here. I eat a huge pan wilted down with eggs in the morning
Yes I have a huge limbs quarter plant outside my bedroom window I had no idea it was food I'm so proud God provides these things for us even when we don't even know it I also have a big pokeweed plant thanks for all your videos I live in Southwest Missouri
I really enjoyed your video. I have Lambs Quarter in my yard. I'm going to try this tomorrow morning.
Amaranth is a superfood.
Good info. Thumbs up.
Thanks, Lonnie! Enjoy your wild mushrooms up there in Alaska this autumn! :D
Wow! I think of all the times us kid's went to bed hungry & all those "weeds" we had to pull outta the garden!!!! My gosh. But, pigweed? LOL. And that's amaranth, huh? Did you know their seeds pop like popcorn? They get bigger & they say they're very tasty that way. I don't happen to have any in my yard but I am gonna plant some! Lol. Lol. Imagine that!!!
I remember harvesting dandelion though. I'm gonna try dandelion bread this Summer.
Spurlane I do have. It's even good on sandwiches, tender vine & all. It has an okra like juice.
I'm gonna become a forager, for sure.
Hi I just found your channel in this video. And it is great information. I'm subscribing.
I have my lettuce seed and bocchoy seed gathered and I am collecting the lambs quarters seed now. I will succession seed the mix all winter in my greenhouse. I don't have the patients to prepare the pig weed.
That seems like a great strategy for winter greens, Hans Quistorff! Don't count that amaranth out, though. Pig weed makes great microgreens and baby greens, too. I'll show that in a future video. At that stage, they are tasty from tip to tail, so there's not even any trimming required. They are like baby beet greens, only not so colorful unless you have one of the specialty varieties.
Thanks for sharing! I just learned that these plants I always pulled in my garden before are edible. I like to try your omelet, looks delicious.
This was a great video! I liked all the detail most edit that out but the education is refreshing..thank you.
HH, I am glad you posted this vid on Lambs Quarter and Amaranth, cause it grows in so many zones throughout the country.
I was wondering if you have ever eaten Bamboo stalks? It also grows , it seems like almost everywhere, eh? I have some (Golden Bamboo growing near me and I pick the young shoots in the spring, then take off any leaves or tough areas on the stalk, rinse off and clean the stalks cook. (I cook and rinse them three times before eating and Do Not Drink The Liquid it was cooked in, exactly like Poke Weed.) The thing that is interesting about Bamboo is that, depending on the age of the stalk or maybe the variety of Bamboo, it has distinctly different flavors. One part tastes like Asparagus and another part tastes like Corn on the Cob. It is a very interesting plant that is under utilized. I think you will find this plant a welcome addition to your long list of yummy edible plants. They can be grown in large pots and continually harvested from, cutting the young stalks, that grow with wild abandon. Hoping you can bring some new appreciation to this age old plant. : ) Love Your Vids!
I have never eaten fresh-harvested Bamboo. That sounds so interesting. I will put that on my list of plants to seek out and try -- in all the ways! I see folks growing bamboo around here, so I will definitely track some down. And I'll look for the Golden Bamboo specifically, too. Thanks!
MerAngel12121 Hello! This is interesting, and u caught my attention! Did I understand u correctly, that all variety’s of bamboo r edible??? Could u tell me at what height u stop harvesting the shoots at??? I’ll greatly appreciate ur reply! Thank you
I didnt know lambs quarter and pig weed often go hand in hand, thank you! It amazes me how many wild greens there are when we know what we're looking at!
All the wild greens amaze me, too! Both lambs quarter and pig weed like disturbed soil, especially soil with plenty of nutrients. And they germinate at close to the same soil temperature, although in my experience, the amaranth is a little faster in sprouting and growing. That said, I find amaranth in some really tough conditions, too -- even tougher than the lambs quarter can manage. The amaranth can handle such dry conditions -- it just goes to seed super fast, lol. Here's to the wild greens! :D
Wow, so yummy i can feel your happiness in eating your omelette
Thank you for being so thorough in your explanations. Great content!
Thanks, ConroyBurke. I hope you are able to enjoy some Lambs Quarter and Amaranth, too!
so grateful to have found your channel..A wealth of information
I would like to attend your class , I want to learn how identify the plants , I love your video and the way you shows people how to find organics food
I found your video and pulled out my lambs quarter last year. Kinda thought it was weed 😅 but it regrew this year and decided to look into it. Glad it's as stubborn as i am. Thank you for the information. Btw, I'm in California.
We have Redroot Pig Weed everywhere. Free food. 😂 I am in McAllen, Texas.
We have fields full of the Lambs quarter and Redroot Pig Weed. I am interested to try this. Thank you for showing them so clearly and how to cook them.
This was so wholesome and lovely. Thanks for sharing
Amaranth was a staple for the Aztecs. Its called “quelite “ in spanish and is still used a lot in south and central america.
Love love your videos.
Wonderful voice, lovely.
We call that plant "goose foot" here in Turkey.
Thank you. That was really interesting. My grandparents cooked things like this. But, I was not raised with them after age 4. So, I missed out.
Hi, E! Good to see you here! I was so fortunate to have my dad get me started eating wild plants, and his Ozark relatives that relied on so many wild plants as a way of life. I know you have these plants in Missouri, in quantity, lol. When life keeps you from getting into the garden, these weeds can still provide.
I cannot attest to the flavor of that omlet but I will say it was as pretty as any I have seen. The redbud flowers on top of the greens and the golden brown of the outer part of the omlet is really perfect.
I love you! Such great info, you are so fun to listen to. I wish we were neighbors.
You are delightful and resourceful and very skilled at what you do. thanx for sharing. I am in North Central FL and have been looking for lambs and nettles for quite a while. I bought some organic compost from a local farm and I got way too many amaranth, I did not know you could eat beyond the seeds so now I am hoping I can find a few out there I tried to grow nettles and lambsq but the seeds so fine they did not come up 2 seasons, so I gave up.
Ever tried sprouting the seeds for sandwich toppers. I hear the nutrition is amped up in the sprouts!
Cooked a bunch of lambs quarters the other day, leaves, upper stems and flowers but the dish turned out quite bitter, unpleasantly bitter . Tried to add a few more ingredients to get rid of the bitterness but it wouldn't go away . May have to blanch and discard the water next time even if that means losing some of the nutritients but at least would end up with a palatable dish .
I must have composted almost a thousand lambs quarters this spring
I didn't know what they were. Can't wait for next spring and hopefully some will come back ☺️
I hope you can try some Lambs Quarters next spring, Kimberly La Mantia. Maybe then you will look forward to seeing it in your garden, lol. ; )
@@HaphazardHomestead Thank you! Just yesterday I was wandering around the yard and found a couple patches of lambs quarters and threw them in the veggies I made for dinner. They are absolutely delicious 🤤
Update: I saved the seeds from last year and sowed a few patches. They have been excellent! Thank you so much for passing along your knowledge to me! I feel truly honored and blessed! I pray that all is well ❤️
Cool vid. I'm glad I subscribed! Tell us more about those fermented red bud flowers
I'm glad you're enjoying my channel! You'll see more about those redbud flowers before long! They are really good -- and redbud trees are easy to identify right when the flowers are ready to harvest. I do have other videos already about picking and eating redbud flowers. I'll put the playlist here, in case anyone else is interested, too -- ua-cam.com/play/PLEGN8kE_KnjBkw17z9Y_PiBoLE-mwuROF.html
You make me hungry as well. Love your recipes.
Thanks, Elizarobin Robinson! I hope you get a chance to enjoy these greens sometime, too.
Today you, my friend are my hero. 🙂 I have so much amaranth & had absolutely no idea what to do with it! Most of mine is now between this stage & the young ones from your other amaranth video. Looks like I've got a ton of harvesting to do! Everyone has been telling me to allow it to go to seed as the seeds are super nutritious & versatile. I'd love to hear your take on that. Youve got a new subscriber today!😁
I really think you should open a small restaurant. I’m getting hungry! :). I have always enjoyed your unique foods! Yummy, the cattail pancakes were super!
Hey, Josh, what a surprise to see you here! You know how good all those wild greens are -- and mushrooms and all the other wild harvests, too. I'm glad you remember those cattail pancakes! Lately, I've been eating pine pollen pancakes with wild huckleberries. I think you would like those, too! :D
I've just learn the name of my vegetable "Amaranth" that my family and my people been eating for thousand of years. Didn't know you guys would consider that wild. However i have a few different variety.
And the one variety that you have i also found it around my area and have always wonder if it was Amaranth because it 99% identical to my amaranth. Only different was the leave shape. Our is more wide around the bottom but the wild one is more slime. Anyway i have save some in my yard just incase and now after watching so many video on amaranth i can safely say it is in fact safe.
That looks so good. It makes me hungry. I foraged a bunch of things today as I also gather the medicinal weeds.
Thank you for another extremely helpful video!!!
Just love lambs quarter..now in search of pig weed!!!
Yay! I'm always happy to find another lambs quarter fan. If only everyone knew how great it is. If you have trouble finding amaranth, ask a farmer, Cooperative Extension agent, or a Master Gardener in your area. Or go to a local community gardener. Many farmers spend a lot of effort trying to kill it all, but they can't. And even many gardeners think it's a major weed. You may have a different species in your area, like Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmerii), but that's OK.
that looked absolutely delicious,,,,,,,,have a great day
Thanks, Myste Pedals -- glad you enjoyed all that. It is a great day, when wild plants are involved! : )
Amazing videos!! Keep up the great work!
I like Amaranthus here in Taiwan stir fry with garlic that's it
Very useful information, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you so much for sharing I feel so much more game to try to eat some weeds 🍁🌿🌺
im eating old pigweed with egg fried rice right now. its so good, a bit chewy though
Am i the only one here visiting coz i love listening tor her voice
😂😅😊😘
No,you are not alone,lol😄
Can you do a video about milk thistle?
That's great. We just moved and have tons of lambs quarter. I wasn't quitr sure if it would still be tasty.
Is it OK to say that I'm glad you have more weeds around you now? ; ) I'm interested to know whether you will like them this time of year. I don't think they taste any different, just stronger. Here's to plenty of weeds in your new location -- and some tasty wild mushrooms, too!
Thank you for the good info. Since I've only been seriously foraging for about a year this old grandma considers myself a beginner. Been gardening for years and nibbling on sorrel and a few other weeds for years but trying a lot more things now! Many of the new things are really tasty. I've tried red root and lamb's quarters and not too sure about them but time to check them out again. In more detail! Maude
I'm glad you got something useful from my video, Maude! There is more to know about foraging than any one person can learn in a lifetime. I'm still learning all the time, too. There are always more plants and mushrooms to get to know and use in different ways. You have a great start, being a gardener means you are used to looking at plants closely and noticing how they are different from each other, even one variety from another. You appreciate how plants can look different over time - from first sprouting until they are done for the season. And so many other reasons, lol. Hmm, that's a good video topic -- thanks! :D
Looks yummy
I have lambs quater growing.
I love these videos!
Thanks, Red Yumi! These weeds are some of my favorites. I hope you can enjoy some, too!
Great video
I really enjoy your videos. I believe we are coming to a time soon when this knowledge will be the difference between life and death.
You are remarkable.
I love it, thank you for teaching me a new plant (red root wild amaranth)
You're welcome, Russell Ballestrini! This is such a common weed in so many places. And if you don't have this one nearby, there are a lot of other Amaranth weeds that are good, too. I hope you can find some around you.
Fantastic. Thank You.