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What home gardener hasn't cursed purslane, the uninvited fleshy plant that appears annually in the garden and spreads like a rash on the soil?
It's just one of many unpopular garden intruders. Other trespassers include burdock, violets, dandelions, chickweed, lamb's quarters and the most despised, stinging nettles.
Before yanking these upstarts or smothering them with Roundup or some other chemical-based weed killer, consider the alternative. There's a salad in that garden, a potential produce department ready to be harvested and served in a variety of recipes from salad to soup to spanikopita.
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