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The chenopodium family is huge and has several domesticated and wild species. Tell me more about orach, the place where I'm getting my amaranth and quinoa from has it too. http://www.wildgardenseed.com/ I don't think quinoa would make a good food for chickens, its covered with a chemical...

oops its called wild garden seed: http://www.wildgardenseed.com/

What about a water gardening section, and one for recipes?

I'm ordering from either sand hill preservation or from wild seeds. I ordered the seeds of change catalog a month ago and it hasn't come, I guess they missed out :/. I haven't ordered from wild seeds before but I really like their catalog. Everything is organic and 3 bucks a packet! They have...

Quinoa (keen'wa in Quechua or keen-o-ah in Spanish) is a plant that comes from the South American Andes and is grown for both its seeds and its leaves. You can buy the seeds in the grocery store and cook them like rice. Its one of the few complete proteins from a vegetable source. I have a few...

Has anyone grown the grain-type before?

I love this stuff and would love to grow it. The plants look beautiful, does anyone have any experience with it?