Name this ground cover.

[Royd]

I've had this, in my garden, for some time, but recently, noticed that the chickens seem to like it. It tastes, very much, like raw spinach. It is low growing and shallow rooted, so it would be an excellent ground cover for intensive gardening...Simply start your plants, in pots, and transplant, into the beds.

Are there any plant experts, who might give this a name, just to satisfy my curiousity?

 

[Chris09]

Its called Chickweed.
http://www.altnature.com/gallery/chickweed.htm

Chris

 

[tammyd57]

Yep, chickweed. And it's very good for people and animals of all kinds. Very nutritious and tasty.

 

[dacjohns]

And it spreads like crazy.

 

[Tala]

My yard is covered in it in the springtime before the Bermuda grass greens up.

Funny, I don't remember my chickens having a particular taste for it last spring....or maybe there's just SO MUCH of it that I can't tell where they eat any! lol

 

[Royd]

Thanks all. Looks like I'll be trying it, in a dish or two.

 

[phrogg]

one of the best basis for a wild salad! spring is almost here and will be picking morels soon enough.

 

[Royd]

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