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4 Weeds To Know
Birds & Bloom
|April/May 2018
Either embrace or yank these misunderstood plants in your backyard.
BROAD-LEAVED PLANTAIN
To ease pain from a minor cut or sting, apply crushed broad-leaved plantain leaves to the wound for relief. The young leaves on this ground-hugging rosette also are high in calcium and vitamins. But if these plants are unwelcome garden guests, use a trowel to lift each one out of the ground, roots and all.
This story is from the April/May 2018 edition of Birds & Bloom.
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