4 Weeds To Know

Either embrace or yank these misunderstood plants in your backyard.

- Sally Roth

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.