Many people are aware of the threats and controversy surrounding weed, but there have been rumours lately that people are going to start being more open towards it, and more tolerant. I'm here to attempt to categorise and present the pros and cons of weed.

Weed is often yellow/green, and can grow in a diverse range of climates. It threatens the safety of gardens by spreading its nasty spores all over the place and choking the other plants to death. Some people take weed and make it into consumable products, the primary one being tea.

Weed is related to pot, in that you sometimes get weeds growing in pots. In fact, some people deliberately grow them in pots all the time.
For more information on the fascinating world of pot, please see this blog.

There are many types of weed, with several traits and growing habits. Some notable examples include dandelions, clovers, nettles and daisies.

Weed is almost universally considered to be a bad thing, as it clogs up grassy areas and kills other local or exotic variety of plants.

Some people believe that weed is good, because some of them are thought to have medicinal properties, and they don't always look unpleasant. Some, such as Neem, repel leaf eating insects. Several other types of weed are edible, or provide ideal habitats for wildlife. Because of these redeeming features, weed is starting to become more accepted in the botanical community.

However, some also cling to their traditional views that all weeds are bad. They prefer to avoid weeds, and will violently uproot them if they find them present in their garden spaces, threatening the plants they actually want to grow.

Personally, I think that it's definitely too judgemental to suggest that all weed should be eradicated. Yes, they have a habit of growing in awkward places, cracking buildings and the like with their slow, powerful roots, and in such cases I think it is reasonable to deal with them. After all, they're just plants, it's not like they have feelings.

However I think that a lot of weed can also be very benificial, and I see no reason why we shouldn't cultivate and preserve these kinds of weed in a controlled manner.

Show the weeds some mercy!