Eat your weeds?
Yes, that's right. My friend Edda West, who is one of eight gardeners featured in our Slocan gardening book (written by Katherine Gordon) eats chickweed, pigweed and a variety of other weeds from her garden. When I visit Edda and her glorious garden (which was the impetus for me wanting to create the Slocan gardening book), I munch my way through our visit. Both weeds are delicious and highly nutritious. Chickweed contains vitamins A and C, some B vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc. Pigweed (Lamb’s quarters) a close relative of spinach, is richer in vitamin C than spinach, much richer in vitamin A, and a great source of iron, potassium and calcium. We hope the gardening book will be ready for publication next spring.
posted by Diane @ 11:00 AM
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This may sound like a silly request, but could you post a photo of those edible weeds? I have a backyard currently resembling a jungle and I'm thinking I could cut my grocery bill in half if I started eating the weeds. However, to me they just look like a mass of green that I didn't plant so it would be helpful to identify potential quiche or salad ingredients...
As usual, great idea, Nikki. I'll try to find some samples in the garden that I can photograph when the sun isn't too strong and the mosquitos somewhat tolerable!
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