YOU spend hours grumbling about them and pulling them out, but a new book is putting the spotlight on weeds.
The Wondrous World of Weeds sets out to help readers understand nature's little workers.
It features 100 common worldwide weeds, their description, a photograph, where they typically grow and all of their uses.
There's also recipes, as many weeds have culinary uses.
So as you're pulling potato weed from your garden, you can remember the versatile weed is actually useful.
According to author Pat Collins, the leaves, stem and flowering shoots are edible.
Apparently it's an essential ingredient in a traditional Columbian dish, Bogota chicken.
The plant juice can also be used to relieve nettle stings and help coagulate blood.
- The Wondrous World of Weeds, Pat Collins, New Holland, RRP. $29.99