wow those are really pretty
amaranthus you say? hmm I've never even heard of them *goes and looks up*

If you've ever heard of Quinoa, it's sort of like that. The flower tassels turn into hundreds of little grains and you can cook 'em. Very nutritious. They had me fooled though! I grew them from seed and for the longest time they all looked so pitiful. Weren't growing at all. But in the process of a few weeks it's now almost 4ft. I hope it doesn't get too much larger. xD

never I'm afraid ^ ^ lol where I'm at they can't grow, so yeah
what about eating raw? why was that? not enough water? soil wrong? huh maybe the change of seasons brought it own?
lol that's what she said! sorry icy, couldn't resist

Pretty! <3

You can eat that? I'd imagine it be a nutty sweetness, by looking at the colors. I've never seen something like that you could eat. Looks like it'd be an awesome wheat for bread and it kept that nice color, maybe mix it with some raisins or some dry berry. Oooo wanna make bread now. xD

If you do try to use it, let me know. Wanna see what you can make out of it. Ooo maybe you can even make pasta... ; -; Urrrrgh. Hungry..

Well, you can eat the grain that comes from it. I think the seeds are either black or golden, I can't really remember what colour the ones were that I planted, but yeah. You can grind it into flour, or pasta, or what have you. I've never actually eaten it myself but it's supposed to be super healthy. I might make a salad out of the leaves soon, but i'm just too scared to cut any of it. ;_;

For sure though, if I decide to sum up the courage to harvest some leaves i'll write about the experience, and when it's time to collect the grain i'll describe that also. :)
And you're making me hungry. xD

Now I'm so curious. Would it act as like flour or would it be more harder to work it. I would think it would be like faux seed, which is hell to cook with cause of its texture. A salad of that sounds really amazing, good summer salad. Citrus, berry maybe, ooooo even apple!

I know, it looks so pretty.. I wouldn't want to harm it. Hmm what else, it could be like rice. A nice pilaf with some fish, if you eat fish. I wanna plant some now. D;

What else do you grow? I never had a green thumb or patients to grow things. xD But please do, it'd be something I could use for my career. :3

I love to garden, only problem is garden doesn't like me. :C I am able to grow things to be huge, but then nothing ever grows that's edible. I have two giant zucchini plants, which grow zucchini, but don't ever grow big; they just turn yellow and die. ;; And I grew pole beans, which grew huge, but then dried up and died without any reason.
Right now I have a little plot with tomato, okra, amaranth, zucchini, watermelon, bell pepper, jalapeno, and some columbine, which are gorgeous flowers.

So far the only thing that's actually doing well is jalapeno, amaranth, and okra. The watermelon is tinyyyy still and wont get big enough before the season ends, but I dont want to kill it. :C
I have like... 10 tomato plants growing, but they only flower... no tomatoes. :/ I think it's because they are all heirloom and i've heard those are tougher to get fruit on. I don't think the flowers are being pollinated at all.

See. Something like that would piss me off and quit. But least some things are growing. Maybe the climate is effecting your plants? And pollination would be another reason. Ever seen that commercial with growing the tomatoes upside down? Found those pretty neat but too expensive.

I wanna grow things. Seems like fun. :D Good luck on your plants. <3

So pretty! Nothing pretty grows in my garden, lol!
I have a bush of rosemary and thyme, a short line tree, and a dinosaur plant off in the shade.
Every other summer I grow tomatoes or squash, but other than that I usually let things run their course.
The joys of Condo-living, amirite? xD