nAnweed is any plant that you don’t want growing in your yard, field, orngarden. Basically, we plant the grass and flowers and vegetables andncrops we want to grow and enjoy, harvest and eat—and then wildnplants invade and compete with our plants for sunlight and water.nDarn those weeds!
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nWildlifenoften depends on the plants we call weeds, and in times of famine,npeople have sometimes survived by eating what those in better timesnwould consider weeds, such as dandelions and clover.
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nTodaynis the day to cultivate a greater appreciation for weeds!
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nCheckn out Dave’s Garden for a great viewpoint about “weeds.”
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nSomen weeds are classified as “noxious” because they are poisonous ton animals, spread very quickly, and eliminate native plants. This coloring page features the tansy ragwort, which is one example of an noxious weed—but it also features a creature who eats then poisonous plant!
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nHeren is an experiment to run about plant competition—which is what it’sn all about when we talk about weeds!
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Didn you know that you can eat every part of the dandelion? Here is an recipe for dandelion fritters. You can also make dandelion lemonade.n
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nThisn page on clover is part of Squidoo’s “Edible Weeds in Los Angeles”n series.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nRagnar Lodbrok Day in Scandinavia
