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Edible Weeds | Old Town | WholeFoodsMarket.com — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:23:57 +0000

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By: charles fow

charles fow — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:58:14 +0000

When I was a child my friends and I would chew on a plant we called “pickles” and my mother called sweet clover. It does have light green clover like leaves. I grew a okra like tint seed pod that had a sour taste we kids enjoyed. For the life of me I cannot identify this plant. It seemed to grow next to the house and fences.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:12:05 +0000

Alana, Nichol’s Garden Seeds carries lambsquarter seeds.

By: Alana Willis

Alana Willis — Sun, 22 May 2011 18:46:19 +0000

I have been trying to find seeds for Lambsquarter, but so far have not had any luck. Can you direct me to a website, Please?

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:23:18 +0000

Hi Terry, I really can’t tell you what it is from your description. There is a wild carrot or Queen Anne’s Lace but that doesn’t have broad leaves. Maybe you could research it in a wild plant or weed field guide. Or take a sample in to your local ag extension office. Send a pic or let us know once you have identified it. There are so many edible weeds and wild plants that there is no reason for people to go hungry. Lambsquarters is one of my favorites, glad you’re enjoying it.

By: Terry Frick

Terry Frick — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:49:10 +0000

Kenny, here in Eastern NC we have a weed with relatively broad leaves and white (deformed) carrot type roots which can be large and/or grow very deep into the sandy clay. The horses won’t touch it, and it always seems to kill off all vegetation just beneath it. It’s all over the place and can only be removed by poisons or digging it completely up to be deposited in the driveway to be smashed and dried up. If this could be dug up and eaten, we would surely never go hungry!
BTW, we have lambsquarters everywhere and now have discovered a new addition to our table. Thx!!

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:39:46 +0000

Frank Schuetz: The plant you describe (MIGHT) be wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) if it is sour to the taste, and produces small seed pods similar in shape to okra. If so, consuming small quantities should not be harmfull, but, as in the case of all plants containing signifigant quantities of oxalic acid, moderation is important – a sprig or two when ‘grazing’ is fine, but don’t make a meal of an entire plant.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:39:39 +0000

Hi Frank, not a chance to identify that, there are just too many plants that fit that description to even guess. If you had a photo maybe I could be of more help.