Rethinking Weeds

Guests: Michael Caron, Extension Horticulturist, Utah State University; Taun Beddes, Extension Horticulturist, Utah State University; Val Anderson, PhD, Professor of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University; Phil Allen, PhD, Professor of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University During the hot, dry months, it’s painfully clear just how much of an advantage weeds have over carefully cultivated plants in our yards and gardens. The tougher the conditions, the more weeds seem to thrive. But Ralph Waldo Emerson once said a weed, “is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” Could we better understand or acccommodate weeds?