Farming is tough. The weeds grow. Look at these lambs quarters take over the world!
But, reallllly look at them. Mmmmmm.
Instead of a field of trouble, it’s a crop, better than spinach. Instead of a weed control problem, it’s a few thousand dollars of profit. In a week or so, this:
Why fight the earth?
It’s not fighting us.
Categories: Agriculture, food culture, Open Agriculture
I’m not familiar with this plant. Does it taste like spinach?
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Another irony is that it’s a Chenopodium (Chenopodium album). You know what else is a Chenopodium? Quinoa! (Chenopodium quinoa). They have the very same health and nutritive benefits, yet one is the super-food of the day while the other is a weed and a scourge.
In the iconic words of Joni Mitchell: We’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.
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SO tasty! Better than spinach.
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