Weeds can be incredibly annoying. You spend all your hard-earned weekends working your knuckles to the bone on your lawn, pushing a heavy mower, watering when necessary, and dishing out tons of money on pesticides and herbicides.
And then, all of that is usually in vein when you have to deal with the hardiest weeds that continue to pop up and ruin your grass.
As luck would have it, a lot of weeds have a variety of uses other than popping up in the most annoying of places.
Many are edible or have medicinal purposes. One such plant is called a plantain, which can be used as a cure for a lot of ailments.
To learn all about this weed, which is more than likely somewhere in your yard right now, check out the next page.
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Andrew Bentley is this right
My yard is FULL of Plantain.Our Rabbit Loves it.But I’ve heard a lot of good things about it.
Ron Sainsbury
I feed these to my pig a lot.
This stuff grows everywhere here in Oregon.
This article said absolutely nothing didn’t even say what the plant was
it’s called poppa’s plant really good for poison ivy & skin rashes
Dam, I used to stop my tortoise from eating these. Apparently he knew what he was doing and I didn’t..lol
Looking at the picture, I assume they are referring to plantain. I “weed” that grows everywhere.
I use it primarily as a topical antimicrobial – like Neosporin or bacitracin. It works as a poultice or a salve. Use some vegetable oil to steep it like tea, for several hours, then strain that and thicken it with bees wax or paraffin wax, to a consistency like carmex that’s been in your pocket to long. Comfrey is probably the only
Nicholas Eadler Nathan Wentland
You can just roll it between your hands to get it juicy. Then rub you wound with it. Very effective.
The Rabbit ? 😉
Ground hog, plantain, white top, dandelion, wild mustard…..glad I grew up country..
I make a salve for cuts and bug bites from my rugels plantain in the garden
Denise Zuñiga
I am trying to find something good from Canadian Thistles…
I put these in coconut oil and wash my face with it every day