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You know you are a farmgirl, when you find wild chicory growing on your very own property!  And you get really excited about it.  He he he!  My kids, and my husband, just think I'm plain nuts.
I need to find out what that red weed is.  I'll have to look in my books and on-line to find out what it is.  I'm just tickled pink to find wild chicory on the property - chemical free.  Woo hoo!  It's only one plant, but one is better than none.  

Now I just need to research how to make the coffee from it.

Oh...he he...that photo was taken today in a garden that had zucchini and melons.  We had so much rain that it killed the zucchini and rotted almost all of the melons.  That garden now looks like a weed patch.
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Patricia @ 9th and Denver said…
Wow that is cool. I've heard of chicory. But don't know too much about it.
Homemade coffee sounds like a good idea.

I must do some research.
September 14, 2011 at 1:09 PM
simplicityinthemaking said…
We call it Chickweed here. I love it too. That makes two nuts! I love the colour. I always wanted a dress made of that colour. Ever tried to pull the Chickweed out the ground? To cut the stems with your bare hands? Hard as heck! Anyway best wishes with the coffee thing. I think about doing that just like the natives....but really I hate coffee...so why bother?
September 14, 2011 at 5:05 PM
Candy C. said…
Good thing YOU know what it is, I would be lost! :)
September 14, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Kim said…
That is neat. I rememeber my grandparents drinking a hot drink made from chickory to replace the morning coffee. Because they said coffee was to expensive!!!
September 14, 2011 at 6:11 PM
The 3 Foragers said…
I also see some foxtail grass, the seeds are edible, I cook it with polenta for extra crunch. You could pound it with a pestle to grind it smaller. The red weed is maybe related to millet or lamb's quarter? These are wonderful grasslands you live in!
September 14, 2011 at 6:35 PM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Yes! That chicory is harder than heck to pull out of the ground. And for the tip on foxtail grass, thank you! I had no idea. That is very good to know.
September 15, 2011 at 7:50 AM
Anonymous said…
The red guy is Amaranth. We have it in our garden here. there are many different varieties but this one looks like the less ornamental one, the seeds are edible!!
September 15, 2011 at 5:18 PM
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