{"product_id":"lamb-s-quarters-tree-seeds-lambsquarters-chenopodium-album","title":"Lamb’s Quarters Seeds | Goosefoot | Wild Hen |  (Chenopodium album)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe weed your grandparents ate. The green that grows itself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChenopodium album\u003c\/em\u003e, known as Lamb's Quarters, is one of the most nutritious and widely distributed edible wild greens in the world, a fast-growing annual that appears in gardens, fields, and disturbed ground across every continent except Antarctica. The young leaves taste like a mild spinach with a slightly earthy, mineral richness and are eaten raw in salads, cooked like spinach, or dried and powdered as a nutrient supplement. It is the kind of plant foragers know and gardeners pull out without realizing what they are discarding. Grown intentionally, it is one of the most productive edible greens available for the effort required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHighly nutritious edible green comparable to spinach in flavor and superior to it in several nutrients\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGrows quickly from seed in almost any soil with almost no care required\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eYoung leaves eaten raw or cooked, seeds ground into flour as a traditional grain substitute\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOne of the most productive edible plants available for the effort required to grow it\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHistorical food plant with a documented culinary tradition spanning thousands of years on multiple continents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThings you probably did not know about Lamb's Quarters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt was a staple food in prehistoric Europe.\u003c\/strong\u003e Lamb's Quarters seeds have been found in the stomachs of bog bodies in Denmark and Germany preserved from the Iron Age, indicating it was eaten as a regular part of the diet in northern Europe thousands of years before modern vegetables arrived. Archaeological sites across Europe consistently turn up Chenopodium seeds in quantities suggesting deliberate cultivation or at least protection of naturally occurring plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is more nutritious than spinach by several measures.\u003c\/strong\u003e Lamb's Quarters contains higher concentrations of calcium, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and protein per gram than commercial spinach. It also contains more iron than most commercial leafy greens and significant quantities of B vitamins. It is considered a superfood in traditional food systems across Central Asia, South Asia, and indigenous North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe seeds were ground into flour long before wheat arrived in the Americas.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chenopodium seeds were harvested and ground into a dark flour by Indigenous peoples across North America for centuries. The closely related \u003cem\u003eChenopodium quinoa\u003c\/em\u003e, domesticated in the Andes, is now one of the most commercially valuable grain crops in the world. Lamb's Quarters is its wild relative and produces seeds with similar nutritional properties on a smaller scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt self-seeds so enthusiastically you only need to plant it once.\u003c\/strong\u003e A single Lamb's Quarters plant can produce 75,000 seeds per season. Once established in a garden, it will return reliably each spring from seeds that overwinter in the soil. Most gardeners who plant it intentionally find that management quickly becomes more relevant than propagation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowing Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chenopodium album\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStratification:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not required\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnnual:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grows in a single season\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Extremely adaptable, grows in almost any soil including poor, disturbed, or compacted conditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun to partial shade\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 6 feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHarvest:\u003c\/strong\u003e Begin harvesting young leaves when plants are 6 to 12 inches tall, before flowering for best flavor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrow it intentionally and harvest it before it grows past you. The most nutritious thing in your garden might be the plant everyone else is pulling out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evergreen Seed Co.","offers":[{"title":"5 Seeds","offer_id":52082520228162,"sku":"LAMBS-QUARTERS-5","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 Seeds","offer_id":52082520260930,"sku":"LAMBS-QUARTERS-10","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25 Seeds","offer_id":52082520293698,"sku":"LAMBS-QUARTERS-25","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40 Seeds","offer_id":52082520326466,"sku":"LAMBS-QUARTERS-40","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Seeds","offer_id":52082520359234,"sku":"LAMBS-QUARTERS-100","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/5456\/4674\/files\/LAMBS_QUARTERS-SHOPIFY_2048_x_2048_px_1.png?v=1771736331","url":"https:\/\/evergreenseedco.com\/products\/lamb-s-quarters-tree-seeds-lambsquarters-chenopodium-album","provider":"Evergreen Seed Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}