I have 3 new dock plants growing there now. I got them by stopping at the roadside when I saw the tall, rusty spires of dock seedheads and brought home seeds to toss over the beds. I've also dug up lambsquarter from the local goat nursery and transplanted them in the garden. Yes, dandelions and other "weeds" are nutrient dense and actually much better for people than many of their descendant varieties that have been made through artificial selection and hybridization. Mallow, prickly lettuce, sow thistle and countless other weeds are actually good, free food if only people would pick and use them instead of spending lots of money to poison them... and their soil and the rest of the environment.

I believe I saw them in baker creek seed catalog, if not then seeds of change. I am currently growing french dandilion plants. Quite large. Leaves are about 18 inches long. Quite delicious. I eat the m in sandwiches instead of lettuce.

It is so vital that when we forage edibles from the wild that we carefully assess the ecosystem, ensuring that the Earth is healthy, free from fertilizers and other noxious contaminants. Jenny, in response to your comment that you do not trust anything from the wild, I would like to share that we can, however, still eat food plucked directly from Mama Earth : in fact we should! Wild edibles are finest source of concentrated micronutrients. Humans cannot replicate the nutritional density of wild foods, even with the best organic, permaculture practices. Wild edibles offer something our agricultural system cannot: wild! These plants are on the front line of adaptation and evolution, they are constantly in a state of change due to their environment being constantly under stress and environmental pressure. Eating a plate of wild foods will provide you with substantial energy and nutrients for the entire day verse eating commercially grown crops. Much love 🙂

Thanks 🙂