Comments on: Surprising Lambs Quarters http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/ Featuring Vegetable Gardening Tips, Organic Growing Techniques, and Unique Plants for the Backyard Gardener Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:17:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: SlantyNet » Blog Archive - Waiting for Kife to become a poster since 100199 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-70667 SlantyNet » Blog Archive - Waiting for Kife to become a poster since 100199 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:21:26 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-70667 [...] and knowing where your food is from and how its impacting the world.  We got a bunch of lamb’s quarter and some beautiful garlic and some fragrant [...] [...] and knowing where your food is from and how its impacting the world.  We got a bunch of lamb’s quarter and some beautiful garlic and some fragrant [...]

]]> By: nanner http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-68386 nanner Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:08:24 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-68386 I have been pulling these plants from my garden, corn and pumpkin patch for the past 18 years. I have asked my mother-in-law to help me identify the Lambs Qtrs, but she never remembered what they looked like. I recognize them from the picture provided above and realize we have them growing all over our corral and mixed in with our crested wheat grass. Guess I will have to try some tonight with some onion and bacon bits. Thank you for helping me identify this plant. "A weed is only something growing where you didn't plant it or don't want it. All plant-life is God's creation." I have been pulling these plants from my garden, corn and pumpkin patch for the past 18 years. I have asked my mother-in-law to help me identify the Lambs Qtrs, but she never remembered what they looked like.

I recognize them from the picture provided above and realize we have them growing all over our corral and mixed in with our crested wheat grass. Guess I will have to try some tonight with some onion and bacon bits.

Thank you for helping me identify this plant.

“A weed is only something growing where you didn’t plant it or don’t want it. All plant-life is God’s creation.”

]]> By: Inner City Farmer » Blog Archive » The Debate Over Ethical Eating http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-66269 Inner City Farmer » Blog Archive » The Debate Over Ethical Eating Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:33:30 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-66269 [...] in pain. Interestingly, all the edible “weeds” I planted and rarely water, like the row of Lamb’s Quarters, are doing great. Which is just one more reason I need to start building my soil and creating a [...] [...] in pain. Interestingly, all the edible “weeds” I planted and rarely water, like the row of Lamb’s Quarters, are doing great. Which is just one more reason I need to start building my soil and creating a [...]

]]> By: Linda http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-54597 Linda Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:42:14 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-54597 Hi I have some Lambs Quarter seeds I would be willing to send to you Betsy... Please email me at smwon1@gmail and I will see what I can do. Hi I have some Lambs Quarter seeds I would be willing to send to you Betsy… Please email me at smwon1@gmail and I will see what I can do.

]]> By: Betsy http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-54111 Betsy Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:42:51 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-54111 Thank you, all you wonderful people who love Lamb's Quarter(s)! Years ago when my sons were qyite young, a lady (no longer a resourse) took me into her horse pasture and introduced me to a tall plant, the young leaves of which she picked and cooked for me. It was Lamb's Quarter! What a DELICACY! The sweet taste is it's own - not at all like the taste of spinach - and I want to grow some in my garden. Could one of you harvest a few of your seeds and send to me?? P L E A S E ?? Thank you!! Please send to Betsy at P.O. Box 1265, Athens, TX 75751, and may your garden grow with great abundance because of your generosity!!! Thank you, all you wonderful people who love Lamb’s Quarter(s)! Years ago when my sons were qyite young, a lady (no longer a resourse) took me into her horse pasture and introduced me to a tall plant, the young leaves of which she picked and cooked for me. It was Lamb’s Quarter! What a DELICACY! The sweet taste is it’s own - not at all like the taste of spinach - and I want to grow some in my garden. Could one of you harvest a few of your seeds and send to me?? P L E A S E ?? Thank you!! Please send to Betsy at P.O. Box 1265, Athens, TX 75751, and may your garden grow with great abundance because of your generosity!!!

]]> By: Mark http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-43010 Mark Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:34:00 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-43010 Can Lamb's Quarters be bought at health food stores or on the internet? Can Lamb’s Quarters be bought at health food stores or on the internet?

]]> By: Jerome Brito http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-35945 Jerome Brito Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:26:39 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-35945 My family and I have been eating lambsquarter for since the 1800's. My family is from New Mexico and lambsquarter is called quelites in spanish. We harvest them from the wild and sometimes my cousins will insist they have them as part of their birthday dinner. We saute them with a little bacon, onion and garlic and sometimes combine them with fresh cooked pinto beans, Yummy! When we moved to California our neighbors always thought we were crazy picking weeds (lambsquarter and purslane [verdolagas]) to eat for dinner. The other day my neighbor was sharing information she had read about certain greens that restore cells and can help reverse the aging process (living longer). These greens she was talking about are the ones we have been eating all along. Many of my family are over 100 years or have lived past a 100 (grandparents, aunts and uncles). My family and I have been eating lambsquarter for since the 1800’s. My family is from New Mexico and lambsquarter is called quelites in spanish. We harvest them from the wild and sometimes my cousins will insist they have them as part of their birthday dinner. We saute them with a little bacon, onion and garlic and sometimes combine them with fresh cooked pinto beans, Yummy!

When we moved to California our neighbors always thought we were crazy picking weeds (lambsquarter and purslane [verdolagas]) to eat for dinner. The other day my neighbor was sharing information she had read about certain greens that restore cells and can help reverse the aging process (living longer). These greens she was talking about are the ones we have been eating all along. Many of my family are over 100 years or have lived past a 100 (grandparents, aunts and uncles).

]]> By: martin olsen http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-26062 martin olsen Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:08:31 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/#comment-26062 Under certain adverse environmental conditions (drought) many weed and crop plants accumulate nitrate to potentially toxic concentrations. Nitrate-accumulating weeds include pigweed (Amaranthus spp.), lambsquarter (Chenopodium spp.), dock (Rumex spp.) and nightshades (Solanum spp.). Potentially troublesome crop plants include corn, sorghum, oats, barley, beet tops and wheat. Nitrate is also found in fertilizers and is a common contaminant of water. Thus, exposure to these sources can cause intoxication if exposure is of sufficient Toxic principle: nitrate. Nitrate is reduced in the rumen to nitrite which is the ultimate toxin. NO3 ® NO2 Toxicity: as a salt, nitrate is toxic for ruminants at 0.5 g/kg (single oral dose). Forages containing > 0.2% nitrate and water containing > 1000 ppm are potentially toxic. Plants can accumulate 3 to 4% nitrate under appropriate conditions. Nitrate is not very toxic for monogastrics since it is not efficiently reduced to nitrite. However, nitrite is toxic for monogastrics. Unlike cyanide, nitrate does not volatilize and therefore dried forages are toxic. MOTA: the iron in hemoglobin is oxidized from ferrous to ferric iron. This results in the formation of methemoglobin. Methemoglobin has significantly reduced oxygen carrying capacity. Diagnosis Clinical signs: dyspnea, sudden death, “muddy” mucous membranes, “brownish” appearance to blood. Laboratory diagnosis: significant methemoglobin, high serum, ocular fluid or other body fluid nitrate concentration (> 20 ppm in serum or body fluids, > 50 ppm in ocular fluid). Measurement of high levels of nitrate in plants or water. Lesions: “brownish” discoloration to blood, muscles Treatment: directed at reducing methemoglobin to hemoglobin ü Remove from source ü A 1% solution of methylene blue is generally given at a dose of 4 to 15 mg/kg at 4 to 6 hour intervals. Methylene blue is reduced to leukomethylene blue, which in turn reduces methemoglobin. Prevention Test forage prior to feeding. Ensiling high nitrate forage may lower nitrate concentrations to acceptable levels. Under certain adverse environmental conditions (drought) many weed and crop plants accumulate nitrate to potentially toxic concentrations. Nitrate-accumulating weeds include pigweed (Amaranthus spp.), lambsquarter (Chenopodium spp.), dock (Rumex spp.) and nightshades (Solanum spp.). Potentially troublesome crop plants include corn, sorghum, oats, barley, beet tops and wheat.
Nitrate is also found in fertilizers and is a common contaminant of water. Thus, exposure to these sources can cause intoxication if exposure is of sufficient

Toxic principle: nitrate. Nitrate is reduced in the rumen to nitrite which is the ultimate toxin.

NO3 ® NO2

Toxicity: as a salt, nitrate is toxic for ruminants at 0.5 g/kg (single oral dose). Forages containing > 0.2% nitrate and water containing > 1000 ppm are potentially toxic. Plants can accumulate 3 to 4% nitrate under appropriate conditions. Nitrate is not very toxic for monogastrics since it is not efficiently reduced to nitrite. However, nitrite is toxic for monogastrics. Unlike cyanide, nitrate does not volatilize and therefore dried forages are toxic.
MOTA: the iron in hemoglobin is oxidized from ferrous to ferric iron. This results in the formation of methemoglobin. Methemoglobin has significantly reduced oxygen carrying capacity.
Diagnosis
Clinical signs: dyspnea, sudden death, “muddy” mucous membranes, “brownish” appearance to blood.

Laboratory diagnosis: significant methemoglobin, high serum, ocular fluid or other body fluid nitrate concentration (> 20 ppm in serum or body fluids, > 50 ppm in ocular fluid). Measurement of high levels of nitrate in plants or water.

Lesions: “brownish” discoloration to blood, muscles

Treatment: directed at reducing methemoglobin to hemoglobin

ü Remove from source

ü A 1% solution of methylene blue is generally given at a dose of 4 to 15 mg/kg at 4 to 6 hour intervals. Methylene blue is reduced to leukomethylene blue, which in turn reduces methemoglobin.

Prevention

Test forage prior to feeding. Ensiling high nitrate forage may lower nitrate concentrations to acceptable levels.

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