Weeds, WEEDS, and more weeds!!!! PICS INCLUDED

[1MrsMagoo]

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This is plantain and is not only safe for the chickens, but any animal including people. Our guinea pigs and rabbits love this one.

 

[gale65]

That page posted above (and another one that I saw before) both list lamb's quarter. Our chickens love it (and I've read on even more sites that it's fine for chickens). There is one weed that they haven't touched though so I'm guessing it's on the 'official' list. It's a tall single stalk weed with long leaves coming out all up and down the length of the stalk. I'll have to get a picture of it.

 

[FiascoFarmer]

I officially love the lambs quarters!!! My rabbits in my chickens both love it and I love it too!! This stuff is very very tasty!

I listen to the show online called The Survival Podcast and they talk about the stuff all the time as a wild edible. I just never look for it and tried it before. This stuff is awesome. I can't wait to start harvesting and using it my salad!

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[FiascoFarmer]

I've had dandelion greens from the grocery before, it they way way bigger than the ones that I grow on my property. Is there a larger variety that i can get somewhere or are they just in better soil or something like that?

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Just in better soil. I have dandelions along the edges of my garden that have leaves two feet long and three inches wide. With good soil and reduced competition from other plants they can grow huge.

 

[ChickyLoo]

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Just in better soil. I have dandelions along the edges of my garden that have leaves two feet long and three inches wide. With good soil and reduced competition from other plants they can grow huge.

Wow is there anything about weeds you don't know? Amazing thnx so much!

 

[FiascoFarmer]

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Just in better soil. I have dandelions along the edges of my garden that have leaves two feet long and three inches wide. With good soil and reduced competition from other plants they can grow huge.

I've never spared a dandelion until now and certainly never in my garden, but now I've been contemplating making a "weed" garden where my guinea fowl used to be. Ridiculous soil quality there!! And i'll kill off everything I don't want in there!

Thank you yet again!

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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I used to work as Nature Director at a Boy Scout camp and would take groups on nature walks to identify plants. Living out in the country the past few years I've come across many plants that I hadn't known before, so I try to look them up.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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They aren't native to here and were brought by the early colonists from Europe to be grown as salad greens.

According to this article there are many different varieties: http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/vegetable/growing-dandelion.htm

The biggest ones I've seen are usually growing along the edge of the garden or out from underneath landscaping rocks and pavers. I guess the rocks are like mulch in that they keep the soil moist and reduce competition.

 

[tdgill]

photo in post 7 looks like prickly lettuce maybe?

I just had a chickweed and prickly lettuce salad with vadalia onion dressing. yum. Shoulda added some dandelion.

Know your weeds though and any possible interactions before chowing down.