I came across this post on Persicaria capitata and it seems this weed is really a herb. In many ways, I have often pondered on the fact- when is a weed a weed and when is it a herb? Even certain grasses function as herbs for cats. My cat loves to chew on grass when she's feeling a bit under the weather. In the past, we used to bring home grass for her (we used to live in an apartment where grass was scarce!) and she was too scaredy to go down to the park to chew some grass, well at least the kind cats can use for stomach problems. Now Margaret has all the grass she can chew. We're still living in an apartment but it's on the ground floor and we have a tiny backyard where we grow quite a bit of herbs and stuff. The grass, all types, are plentiful. It's a veritable buffet. With grass, comes weeds. What really are weeds anyway? Weeds are just a name we give to plants which we feel we have no proper use for. To Margaret, grass is a herb. If we huma...
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