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michael adams wrote:


Fat hen is another name for "Good King Henry" a semi-wild spinach.
Chenopodium is the correct name. Another is "all goo".

Not normally. Fat hen is Chenopodium album, also known as goosefoot,
and is a native annual. Good King Henry is Chenopodium bonus-henricus,
and is an introduced perennial.

The former is a common weed, and there is no danger of it being eradicated.
It makes a very good spinach. The latter self-seeds to become a pest
in suitable soils, and is much coarser, but can be blanched and eaten
as Lincolnshire asparagus.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.