Also known as Goosefoot or Pigweed, lamb's-quarters is a delicious weed to nibble or cook all spring, summer and fall! While originally native to Europe, it accompanied immigrants on their journey to the United States, and its seeds quickly spread throughout the country. You can now find it growing in most gardens, sidewalk cracks, backyards, abandoned lots, and meadows.

The gloomy winter weather is slowly passing us by, and here on the Outer Cape I am admiring the blossoming & budding trees and cheerfully welcoming the yellow beauty of dandelions, daffodils, pansies and forsythias. Year after year, I am in absolute awe as every part of the ecosystem wakes up. The peepers and the returning birds provide the most exquisite sounds as a backdrop to the trees reflourishing, shoots bursting out of the ground, and people slowly emerging from their winter slumber. Give the Earth some gentle tending, rainfall, warm winds and sunlight...waaLa…she sings and blooms!

We are in the depths of winter, and in our house, a large pot of tea steams and simmers on the blazing wood stove. Aromas of turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, anise, clove and cardamom fill the room, and I'm getting ready to pour myself a fat mug-full of chai...yum. Winter is an ideal time to nourish, rest, and replenish our body's deep reserves. With more time on my hands to savor the slower season, my focus turns to eating slowly-cooked warming foods, getting out & moving in fresh air, enjoying extra rest and reflective practices, and making medicine and foods with adaptogenic herbs.