Garden Weeds You Can Eat - Pigweed Amaranth

If you have a garden and the weeds get out of hand, no problem! If those weeds are Redroot Pigweed Amaranth. Just like many other kinds of Amaranth, Redroot Pigweed is one of the great summertime garden weeds you can eat. Here's how to identify redroot pigweed, with tips on picking, preparing, and preserving your wild greens harvest, too.

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Identification: 1:01
Picking: 2:13
Kitchen Processing: 5:17
Preserving by Freezing: 6:22

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Redroot Pig Weed, Amaranthus retroflexus, Family Amaranthaceae (the amaranth family)
Lambs quarter, Chenopodium album, Family Chenopodiaceae (the goosefoot family)

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My other videos about Redroot Pigweed and Lambs Quarter:

Is My Lambs Quarter and Amaranth Too Old to Eat? - https://youtu.be/uhrrw0OZGRM

Lambs Quarter - and the only recipe you need - https://youtu.be/OZDY1uR2ZSc

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If you want to improve your foraging skills, here's my playlist - Foraging: Real Food for Regular People - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjC46uuOaLL0UtCV0TUQXzbW

If you want to eat what you forage, here are playlists about preparing your harvests:

Cooking Wild Greens - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjDsPNTAOuzlyBCCcKTvsF6L

Wild Salads - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjDPp18Eo0HbMT8x3FvGhBhY

Here are my playlists about specific wild plants:

Dandelions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjC0D-X7QcfJGzY9wE5vw3lp

Wild Mustard Plants - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjBY1bhUcZwxVzymmyt18ndx

Elderberry - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjDPDOVvA1P8txESkgYB8T0i

Spruce Trees - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjBd5rDAN-0X9fjHsw-GETmr

Pine Trees - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjAUzXslTTRRtOtvxXnP04pg

Redbud Trees - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjBkw17z9Y_PiBoLE-mwuROF

Detailed ID of Wild Mushrooms - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjA-FB7HpMdpXMfI0SaiyYon

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If you like to garden, too, here are my gardening playlists:

Potatoes - An easy and productive garden crop - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjASbYda3uBGHFH57edZLEYQ

Elephant Garlic: How to get the most out of growing Elephant Garlic - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjD6dEWNXksaTcnAbkS1kV7v

Collards: How To Grow and Use ALL of Your Collard Plants - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjBIqUqGKeLPykAxctUzkjHs

Hops: How To Grow and Use ALL of Your Hop Plants - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjCCTnFEJA5-dw6TcrrHVhUY

In the Garden - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGN8kE_KnjC46uuOaLL0UtCV0TUQXzbW

Here's my YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/HaphazardHomestead

#wildfood #eatyouryard #eatwild #foraging #wildgreens #HaphazardHomestead

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Music: "Apprehensive At Best" by Biz Baz Studio, "Campfire Song" by Chris Haugen, and "Glen Canyon" by Dan Lebowitz from the YouTube Audio Library. "Bummin on Tremolo" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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