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🌿 W**D OF THE DAY — DAY 15 🌿💙 Common Field Speedwell (Veronica persica)One of those tiny w**ds you can easily overlook! ...
19/08/2026

🌿 W**D OF THE DAY — DAY 15 🌿
💙 Common Field Speedwell (Veronica persica)
One of those tiny w**ds you can easily overlook! Common Field Speedwell is a low-growing plant with small bright blue flowers, often with darker blue veins.
🌱 Where you'll find it:
Lawns, borders, flower beds, paths and disturbed ground. It can spread quickly, especially where soil is regularly disturbed.
🐝 Good for wildlife:
Its little flowers provide nectar and pollen for early insects, making it a small but useful part of the garden ecosystem.
🍃 Is it edible?
Speedwell species have historically been used as food and herbal teas, but Common Field Speedwell isn't generally considered a worthwhile edible plant. Identification needs to be 100% certain before consuming any wild plant.
🌿 Medicinal uses:
Veronica species have a long history of traditional herbal use, including teas traditionally used for coughs and digestive complaints. However, evidence for medicinal benefits of Common Field Speedwell specifically is limited, so it's best not to treat it as medicine.
👀 Fun fact:
The name Speedwell is thought to be connected with an old belief that the plant could help you recover quickly — hence "speed well"! 💙
Would you leave this little blue flower in your garden or pull it out? 😆
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🌿 W**D OF THE DAY #14 — WHITE STONECROP 🌿White Stonecrop — Sedum albumNow this is an interesting one! 👀You’ll often fin...
18/08/2026

🌿 W**D OF THE DAY #14 — WHITE STONECROP 🌿
White Stonecrop — Sedum album
Now this is an interesting one! 👀
You’ll often find White Stonecrop creeping through walls, paving, rockeries and other dry, sunny spots. Those little fleshy, bead-like leaves are designed to hold water, which is why this little survivor can thrive where plenty of other plants would struggle.
🌱 DID YOU KNOW IT'S EDIBLE?
The leaves are recorded as edible raw or cooked, and have traditionally been eaten pickled or added to salads.
⚠️ As always with foraging, correct identification is essential and don't eat plants growing somewhere that may have been treated with chemicals or contaminated.
💚 MEDICINAL USES
White Stonecrop has a small history of traditional medicinal use. The leaves and stems have been used externally as a poultice for inflammation, including painful haemorrhoids.
That doesn't mean it has been medically proven to treat these conditions — just that it's part of the plant's traditional uses.
And here's the gardener's bit...
🌿 It spreads! A tiny piece of stem or even a leaf left behind can potentially root and produce a new plant. So if you're trying to clear it, don't just chop it up and walk away! 😂
Another one ticked off the list!
🌱 W**D OF THE DAY #14
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18/08/2026

We certainly needed that over night rain. My water butt is half full and hopefully the lawns will start growing again.

🌿 W**D OF THE DAY — DAY 13 🌿🌱 Fat Hen — Chenopodium albumHere’s another common garden and allotment w**d that you’ve pro...
17/08/2026

🌿 W**D OF THE DAY — DAY 13 🌿

🌱 Fat Hen — Chenopodium album

Here’s another common garden and allotment w**d that you’ve probably walked past a hundred times!

Fat Hen is a fast-growing annual w**d that can pop up in lawns, borders, vegetable beds and disturbed ground. It produces loads of tiny greenish flowers and can grow surprisingly tall if left alone.

👀 How to spot it:
• Upright, leafy growth
• Leaves can have a distinctive greyish/white coating underneath
• Small clusters of green flowers
• Can reach around 1–2 metres if conditions are right!

💡 Interesting fact: Fat Hen has actually been used as a wild edible plant for centuries. The young leaves can be eaten when properly prepared — although, as with any wild plant, correct identification is essential.

🌱 The problem for gardeners?
It produces a LOT of seeds, so letting mature plants go to seed can mean plenty more Fat Hen appearing next year!

🧤 Gardener's tip: Pull or hoe it while it's young, ideally before it flowers and sets seed.

Day 13 of our W**d of the Day series! 🌿

What w**d are we finding tomorrow? 👀

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My sunflower is about 10 foot tall and i think its head is finally making an appearance.
16/08/2026

My sunflower is about 10 foot tall and i think its head is finally making an appearance.

Cleaning and sharpening blades today
16/08/2026

Cleaning and sharpening blades today

🌿 W**D OF THE DAY — DAY 12 🌿Today’s little culprit is Ivy-leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) 👀You’ll often find thi...
14/08/2026

🌿 W**D OF THE DAY — DAY 12 🌿

Today’s little culprit is Ivy-leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) 👀
You’ll often find this low-growing w**d creeping across paving, borders and bare patches of soil. It gets its name from its small leaves, which have a shape similar to ivy.

💜 The giveaway: tiny pale blue, lilac or almost white flowers tucked amongst the leaves.
🌱 Why does it spread so easily? Ivy-leaved Speedwell is an annual w**d that produces plenty of seeds, allowing it to pop up again and again wherever there’s disturbed soil or gaps between paving.

🧤 How to deal with it: It’s usually fairly easy to remove by hand, especially when the soil is damp. Get as much of the plant as possible before it sets seed and you’ll reduce the chances of seeing it return.
Another one for the gardening w**d hit list! 😂
Have you got this one growing in your garden?
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W**D OF THE DAY — DAY 11 🌿🌼 Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)One of those little w**ds you’ve probably seen hundreds o...
13/08/2026

W**D OF THE DAY — DAY 11 🌿

🌼 Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
One of those little w**ds you’ve probably seen hundreds of times without really noticing it!
👀 How to spot it: • Small yellow flower heads • Usually flowers almost all year round • Soft, slightly fleshy leaves • Produces those familiar fluffy seed heads that spread everywhere 💨

💡 Did you know? Common groundsel is an incredibly successful little plant. It can produce lots of seeds in a short space of time, which is one reason it can quickly pop up in lawns, borders, paths and cracks in paving.

🌱 Gardener's verdict:
Not the prettiest visitor and definitely one that can spread quickly — especially if allowed to go to seed!

🔥 Would you pull it out or leave it for the wildlife?
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11/08/2026

✂️ If you have a hydrangea you really love, taking cuttings is an easy way to make more of the same plant. I usually choose healthy stems without damaged leaves.

🌿 W**D OF THE DAY — DAY 10 🌿RIBWORT PLANTAINPlantago lanceolataYou’ve probably seen this one hundreds of times without g...
11/08/2026

🌿 W**D OF THE DAY — DAY 10 🌿
RIBWORT PLANTAIN
Plantago lanceolata
You’ve probably seen this one hundreds of times without giving it a second thought! 👀
🌱 How to spot it:
• Long, narrow leaves growing from a low rosette
• Strong, obvious ribs running along the leaves
• Tall, thin flower stems
• Distinctive brown/green seed heads with tiny pale flowers
Plantain is extremely common in lawns, paths, roadsides and compacted ground and is a tough little perennial. Its long taproot helps it survive mowing and dry conditions, which is one reason it can be a pain in a lawn. �
RHS +1
🐝 But here's the interesting bit...
Plantain isn't just a "w**d". It's an important wild plant and its leaves and seeds are used by wildlife. Ribwort plantain is also traditionally used as a foraging plant. �
Wild Food UK
💪 Gardener's tip:
If you want it out of your lawn, simply mowing it isn't always enough. Removing the whole root gives you a much better chance of stopping it coming back.
👀 Have you got plantain growing in your lawn?
What w**d are we finding tomorrow? 🌱
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