Mystery plant perhaps?

[Grayman]

I am a very new gardener with a 4x8 square foot type veggie garden. Does anyone know if this little specimen is a weed or a veggie? It seems to be popping up in a couple of places....help!!

 

[Owdboggy]

Looks remarkably like Fat Hen. Not sure if you have Chenopodium album, in Canada though.

 

[Darknessfairy]

Looks remarkably like Fat Hen. Not sure if you have Chenopodium album, in Canada though.

It's definitely some kind of Chenpodium, now which one who knows.

But anyway it's a weed, a boring, self seeding like mad, annoying weed.

 

[Beth_B]

Yes, a weed (unless you want to take care of it lol.) l have those all over; they don't appear to do anything pretty or interesting so l pull them out of beds and mow them over in the lawn.

 

[Grayman]

Thanks...i will get ot the heck out. As i said, I am a newbie! ...now
..when to harvest my carrots?? Fun!

 

[zigs]

Yep, that's Fat Hen. You can cook the leaves and eat them

Tolund Man - an iron age bog burial. Had his last meal of porridge made from the seeds.

 

[Autumn_Hearthwitch]

Yup, certainly a weed so you can go ahead and get rid of that if you haven't already. I don't have it in my garden but I do in my rhubarb patch and they're super annoying. It's like for every one I get rid of three more take it's place. I'm forever pulling them out but I don't mind so much and it keeps me busy at least. I also have carrots @Grayman but they're not ready for harvesting yet. They're well on their way though as well as my peas. Gosh those are growing like weeds. I planted some in my greenhouse and some in a patio railing planter and both are doing splendid.