Due to a variety of factors, both common lambsquarters and marestail (also called horseweed) are challenging soybean weeds. Both plants have high seed production, increasing resistance to common ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Common lambsquarters sounds as gentle and harmless as its namesake. The weed behaves more like a predatory animal, however, and a new publication is designed to help farmers ...

Although there are four “official” seasons, it always amazes me how nature’s crops are continuously rotating and replenishing. Every month there is some new foraged flavor to discover and look forward ...

Common Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) is a summer annual that grows up to 6 feet tall. In later summer it may produce seeds at less than one inch tall. Research indicates lambsquarters acts as an ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) is such a common weed that it’s ...

I recently moved and have been having a lot of fun getting to know my new neighbors. One of my favorites is a weed that lines the driveway: lambsquarters (scientific name is Chenopodium album, also ...

Twenty-six years ago, Barbara McLean, the young wife of a country doctor-to-be, set out with her husband for a hardscrabble, decrepit farmstead in Grey County, Ontario. The couple were complete ...

We recently bought a beautiful load of composted pig and cow manure from a local farm. I’m still working on building soil in my garden (our native soil is mostly sand - left over from the last ...