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Wonderful WEEDS

Most of us, at some point in our lives, have used the phrase, ‘Eat your greens.’ Probably on our children or grandchildren. Or if we haven’t used it, we’ve probably at least heard it.

The message is simple – those vegetables are good for you, and they should not be going in a bin. The same thinking could easily be applied to a wide range of plants growing wild up and down the British Isles.

Weeds may be a pest while you’re channelling your inner Monty Don, but many of them are packed with

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