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An organic philosophy encourages us to move beyond a narrowly hostile attitude toward plant species identified as weeds. In the first instance it is a vague category that tends to shift according to location, seasonal influence, established farming and other cultural practices. With a shift in any of these, one persons weed will become food or medicine for another. Interestingly, many common garden weeds are neither noxious nor dangerous. Some such as lemon verbena or dandelion can just as easily be defined as herbs. Most of them, however, are plants offering little in the way of food or obvious beauty so are quickly dismissed and considered a drain on precious garden resources. Controlling weeds It is true that an abundance of weeds will compete...