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Weeds

Paperback • 2012 • English

Weeds

By Richard Mabey

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About the book

Ever since the first human settlements 10,000 years ago, weeds have dogged our footsteps. They are there as the punishment of 'thorns and thistles' in Genesis and , two millennia later, as a symbol of Flanders Field. They are civilisations' familiars, invading farmland and building-sites, war-zones and flower-beds across the globe. Yet living so intimately with us, they have been a blessing too. Weeds were the first crops, the first medicines. Burdock was the inspiration for Velcro. Cow parsley ...Show more

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9781846680816

Publisher

Profile Books Ltd

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Weeds

Format

Paperback

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