Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Weeds
Weeds come with definitions such as “a plant growing where it is not desired” or “any
plant that crowds out cultivated plants.” A strawberry plant in a formal rose garden might
be considered a weed. Of course, when most of us think of weeds, we think of the common
ones that come into the garden and are not as apparently useful as a strawberry.
I like to define weeds as “beautiful, resilient plants that are doing everything in their
power to improve our imbalanced soil conditions.” And yet for some reason we have it in
our mind that we need to get rid of them. In fact, perhaps half of “weeds” have actually
been used as medicinal plants and many of them are exceptionally tasty. As for the other
half, perhaps we just haven't figured out how to use them, but they offer benefits to more
than just human health.
