Today is National Weed Appreciation Day in the United States and parts of south London. No, I am not talking about the kind you smoke listening to your Santana records. I am talking about plants that are regarded as weeds. As I have said before: a list of weeds and a list of wildflowers is pretty much the same list.
 Many have been put to some edible, medicinal or practical use over the centuries. And besides, weeds are beautiful. Don't dig the weeds man, I mean dig them but don't dig them if you know what I mean...