I will keep an eye on this thread my daughter and I eat it raw from our back yard

I like chickweed in salads

Well, Chervil2, habjolokia (my fellow peach-from-seed grower!), do either if you use chickweed medicinally or think it to have some medicinal effect?

I ate chickweed from my backyard, first mixed 50-50 with shredded iceberg lettuce, then chopped pretty finely into stir-fried vegetables. It's okay, but nothing to write home about. Tasted raw, it reminded me of the taste of a corn cob, which is the part I toss in the compost.

Hi Matthias my peach seedlings are still doing well :) I don't technically use it medicinally in purpose though it has vitamins A, a few of the B's, and C along with omega 6 all are good for you. I do enjoy the flavor and taste of purslane which contain natural sodium and omega 3. I would choose purslane in the flavor category. The flowers, studies have shown to have antimutagenic properties.

Yes, I agree purslane is delicious. I eat a lot of it, though lambsquarters is my favorite wild leafy green.

I tried lambsquarters raw but the underside texture does not make it nice to eat for me, I tried it from one I identified in my back yard and I let it grow and go to seed it grew about 4 1/2 feet tall. I will try a young spout this summer and maybe it will be better than from a mature plant. I recently came across a recipe from a video I seen for a dip made from it, maybe I will give that a go.

Henbit is a no go, taste like dirt.

Ah, but the nectar from the flowers of henbit is fine.

Have you tried dead nettle, then? I have more of that than henbit.

A lot of the soft pebbly texture will wash off of lambsquarters. If you use lots of water much of the soft grit will float off. I eat it cooked only, none of it raw. We even pressure can it to have throughout the year. This time of year I use it in omelets mostly. Older leaves can have internal grit, which I think may actually be crystalline oxalic acid! I have read that lambsquarters can contain 30+% by dry weight oxalic acid.

Have not tried dead nettle, I've heard of it but not located it in my yard. I have a lot of henbit everywhere, I've tasted the flower and it's good, but too much trouble than it's worth, I'll leave those for the early pollinators that are looking for food. I may try the lambsquarters cooked, I'm guessing some oil, salt and pepper? I was also looking to find wild mustard and radish, I may have found some but more identification is needed before I try.

Come to my house and get all you want!

I boil the lambsquarters and salt them. Yes, they are good with some kind of oil. I also like garlic, onion, or curry cooked with them. You can eat as much of the stem as you like, too. The stems are pretty tender. So you can save time in harvesting by just pulling the whole end off of a branch.

I tried a single leaf of dead nettle this morning. Raw. It seems to be another that tastes like dirt, but I think I could eat a larger amount with a vinegary salad dressing.

I eat chickweed more like a potherb than a medicinal, but I cook/bake with herbs much more than I make medicinal preparations. I agree about henbit tasting like dirt. I think purple deadbeats tastes a little better, but I don't like the texture. I tried pursuance once and liked it, but it doesn't grow naturally in my yard. Gonna plant some seeds this year, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Lambsquarter is popping up everywhere this year. After 7 years on the property, 1 wild lambsquarter showed up last year and I let it go to seed. Silly me...I wasn't expecting it to reseed quite so well. Good thing I like to eat it.

Just thought I'd show off this big bowl of lambsquarters. The scale isn't apparent, but that bowl holds just over a half gallon. That was a couple years ago. I haven't noticed any LQ up yet this year.