I first met Lamb's Quarters around 1977 when dh & I went to Kerhonkson, N.Y. & stayed with a friend & his mother, Earla Conklin, one summer. She had a great big garden & to help earn our keep we weeded, mulched & tended the garden. Mrs. Conklin had 3 rows of Lamb's Quarters right next to 3 rows of Swiss Chard. I had no idea what Lamb's Quarters were but Mrs. Conklin taught me. She said most people call them weeds but they were good weeds & could be cultivated & eaten. She taught me they were very nutritious & told me how to cook them when one was not eating them raw while tending the garden. I also did all the cooking while we were there. I cooked a lot of Lamb's Quarters that summer and I put raw Lamb's Quarters in salad. They are delicious, cooked or raw.
We returned to our Florida & all these years since I have looked for Lamb's Quarters growing as weeds; because I loved them & would have loved to have some in my yard. I never found any. I think about them all the time. I have looked on our property for them, hoping I would find some growing wild. But no, I haven't found any. But I would like to.
