help identifying a weed / flower

powera24 · Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:07 pm Post subject: help identifying a weed / flower

Hi guys,

Looking for help identifying the weed in the attached photo.. came back from holidays to find it all over my new flower bed.

At first I thought it was the flowers sprouting but I had different flowers in different areas and the flower in the attched pic has spread everywhere

michael brenock · Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:21 pm Post subject:

fat hen or lambs quarter or dungweed also known as orache
michael brenock

tippben · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 4:27 am Post subject:

It is delicious, either as a cooked veggy like spinach, or as young leaves in salad. Analysis of "bog bodies" has shown that it was a staple vegetable is bronze age times. It is a very common weed though, so don't let it spread, but instead of throwing it away, eat it!

Margo · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:06 am Post subject:

powera24 · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 8:52 am Post subject: garden is covered

I'm selling it by the kilo here if your interested

Margo · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:11 am Post subject:

Do you want some more

tippben · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:38 am Post subject:

Sure, no probs. If you'll deliver it... Plenty around here.