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Lamb's Quarters Information
There are several good books on the market and you can usually pick older ones and odd ones at second hand book stores if you dig around.
My personal favorite is out of print right now though the last time I stopped by Amazon.com I saw a newer edition on the market. To me it is a good all around beginners book...with color photos...detailed descriptions, harvesting information, cautions and cooking ideas... The authors are Elias and Dykeman and the book I have by them is called Field Guide to North American Edible Wild Plants I also have loads of other books, including the Peterson books...but the above is my personal favorite for any beginner and has been in my possession for ages...
Lamb's Quarters(Chenopdium album) was a main source of greens in Europe before Spinach was introduced from Asia. It has more vitamins than spinach and can be used in any recipe calling for greens. I enjoy it both fresh and cooked or dried and mixed into soups and breads....There is a lot more information on this plant and it is one of my personal favorite "weeds". I do have a big stash of seeds since they can be used as a grain so if you want some let me know.
Melana Hiatt
it is closely related to quinoa, which the Andean Mountain inhabitants have
long used as their primary grain...as the grassy grains do not grow well at
such elevations.
Joanie
Well...yeah old field guide shows that it grows everywhere across the U.S. so I would assume it will do well for you in Houston...as it is an introduced herb gone "weed" you probably already have it around in vacant lots and driving gardeners crazy between their rows of tomatoes and green beans. As for growing instructions...all I can tell you is it takes abuse and will come up anywhere you disturb the soil...so I would just lightly press the seeds into moist soil and forget about them. Go to http://www.pfaf.org/index.php and do a search for Chenopdium album...PFAF generally includes growing instructions along with all their other information.
Melana Hiatt
Yes, they are tiny and I generally don't worry to much about trying to seperate them from the green matter since they don't have husks...but I use them all the time in my cooking...
Melana Hiatt