Emma Townshend: 'How I learned to stop worrying and embrace weeds'

​

On my shelf of most-treasured gardening books is one called How to Enjoy Your Weeds. As "how to" books go, this is right up there. It's got a pale green cover in truly 1970s aqua with an assorted set of pretty wildflowers, but author Audrey Hatfield's main emphasis, once you get inside, is on providing a range of recipes and recommendations for how, literally, to enjoy your weeds – often in the form of alcoholic beverages. (Clover wine, yes, but daisy whisky, anyone?)












Continue reading...