Garden & Deco

Green Ideas: bad ?

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We call them “weeds” and we tend to find them everywhere: from the end of the garden to the gaps between the walls of the house and the terrace. So, we often wage a fierce war against them where almost all means are good! Is this really necessary? These plants, spontaneous, sometimes invasive, could well provide us with unexpected services such as flowering the orchard soil at a lower cost or protecting the garden fence with their thorns. We might even find some on our plate when needed…

Biosphoto | 2452225 | Gardener holding weeding tongs: pliers with long curved beak for taprooted plants such as dandelion and difficult to reach places. | © Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
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Gardener holding weeding tongs: pliers with long curved beak for taprooted plants such as dandelion [...]
Biosphoto | 2434021 | Harvest of wild salad made from edible weeds | © Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
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Harvest of wild salad made from edible weeds
Biosphoto | 2047782 | Large-flowered pink-sorrel and his bulbils | © Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
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Large-flowered pink-sorrel and his bulbils
Biosphoto | 2040798 | Honey bee in a Field bindweed flower - France  | © Monique Berger / Biosphoto
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Honey bee in a Field bindweed flower - France [...]
Biosphoto | 988932 | Weeding in a garden | © Gilles Le Scanff & Joëlle-Caroline Mayer / Biosphoto
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Weeding in a garden
Biosphoto | 2148878 | Chickweed (Stellaria media) flower in garden, Belfort, Territoire de Belfort), France | © Denis Bringard / Biosphoto
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Chickweed (Stellaria media) flower in garden, Belfort, Territoire de Belfort), France
Biosphoto | 1138743 | Stinging nettle growing in the ruins of a wall | © NouN / Biosphoto
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Stinging nettle growing in the ruins of a wall
Biosphoto | 1268476 | Spring weeding in a garden | © Patricia Méaille / Biosphoto
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Spring weeding in a garden
Biosphoto | 2459425 | Weeding onions in summer: they don't like competition and need full sunshine. | © Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
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Weeding onions in summer: they don't like competition and need full sunshine.
Biosphoto | 114395 | Blacberry France | © Muriel Hazan / Biosphoto
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Blacberry France
Biosphoto | 2524418 | Lamb's quarters (Chenopodium album) growing with a Florist's verbena (Verbena x hybrida) | © Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
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Lamb's quarters (Chenopodium album) growing with a Florist's verbena (Verbena x hybrida)
Biosphoto | 698802 | Cardboard at the foot of a Cassisier against weeds | © NouN / Biosphoto
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Cardboard at the foot of a Cassisier against weeds
Biosphoto | 613361 | Weed growing in the stairs of a house | © Lilo / Green Eye / Biosphoto
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Weed growing in the stairs of a house
Biosphoto | 825879 | Harvest of of lamb's lettuce and dandelion in a garden | © Alexandre Petzold / Biosphoto
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Harvest of of lamb's lettuce and dandelion in a garden
Biosphoto | 890745 | Bottle to kill a bramble in a garden | © Philippe Giraud / Biosphoto
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Bottle to kill a bramble in a garden
Biosphoto | 1095612 | Flame weeding in a garden in winter | © Philippe Giraud / Biosphoto
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Flame weeding in a garden in winter
Biosphoto | 909114 | Dew on a shepherd's purse with cobweb | © Philippe Bousseaud / Biosphoto
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Dew on a shepherd's purse with cobweb
Biosphoto | 1600995 | Weeding with a hoe in a kitchen garden | © Gilles Le Scanff & Joëlle-Caroline Mayer / Biosphoto
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Weeding with a hoe in a kitchen garden
Biosphoto | 1994246 | Weeding of field bindweed by confinement under bucket | © Serge Lapouge / Biosphoto
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Weeding of field bindweed by confinement under bucket
Biosphoto | 1968002 | Weeding with hot water in a garden | © Serge Lapouge / Biosphoto
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Weeding with hot water in a garden
Biosphoto | 500796 | Weeding of a barrel cactus with a fork ; Tip Gardener not to bite. | © Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
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Weeding of a barrel cactus with a fork ; Tip Gardener not to bite.
Biosphoto | 2447438 | Manual weeding of a flowerbed in spring, Pas de Calais, France | © Yann Avril / Biosphoto
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Manual weeding of a flowerbed in spring, Pas de Calais, France
Biosphoto | 2493828 | Man weeding a bed in a garden, in spring | © Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
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Man weeding a bed in a garden, in spring
Biosphoto | 2525734 | Removing invasive plants from a garden, summer, Pas de Calais, France | © Yann Avril / Biosphoto
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Removing invasive plants from a garden, summer, Pas de Calais, France
Biosphoto | 2525739 | Root removal in a garden, spring, Pas de Calais, France | © Yann Avril / Biosphoto
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Root removal in a garden, spring, Pas de Calais, France
Biosphoto | 1849458 | Pear trees 'Beurre Capiaumont' in bloom | © Nathalie Truchet / Biosphoto
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Pear trees 'Beurre Capiaumont' in bloom
Biosphoto | 2440543 | Weeding with an opaque tarpaulin: Weeds such as bindweed are etiolated. | © Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
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Weeding with an opaque tarpaulin: Weeds such as bindweed are etiolated.
Biosphoto | 427855 | Chardon next to a row of green beans France | © NouN / Biosphoto
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Chardon next to a row of green beans France
Biosphoto | 2495135 | Clearing brush in the Luberon, France | © David Tatin / Biosphoto
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Clearing brush in the Luberon, France
Biosphoto | 447004 | Oxalis | © DIGIT images / Biosphoto
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Oxalis
Biosphoto | 66585 | Désherbage manuel à la binette en juillet | © NouN / Biosphoto
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Désherbage manuel à la binette en juillet
Biosphoto | 1646093 | Common couch roots in a garden | © NouN / Biosphoto
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Common couch roots in a garden
Biosphoto | 1778595 | Plantain ; Plantago lanceolata | © Paul Tomlins / Flowerphotos / Biosphoto
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Plantain ; Plantago lanceolata
Biosphoto | 1991397 | Weeding of common couch in a garden | © Serge Lapouge / Biosphoto
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Weeding of common couch in a garden
Biosphoto | 2047621 | Woman weeding her gravel path | © Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
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Woman weeding her gravel path
Biosphoto | 2492253 | Plant growing in the interstices of the bitumen on a sidewalk in Villeurbanne, Métropole de Lyon, France | © Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
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Plant growing in the interstices of the bitumen on a sidewalk in Villeurbanne, Métropole de Lyon, [...]
Biosphoto | 527695 | Manuel Weed in garden France | © NouN / Biosphoto
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Manuel Weed in garden France
Biosphoto | 912291 | Bindweed growing trough a mulching in a garden | © NouN / Biosphoto
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Bindweed growing trough a mulching in a garden
Biosphoto | 963084 | Maintenance of a young plum tree in a garden | © NouN / Biosphoto
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Maintenance of a young plum tree in a garden
Biosphoto | 993324 | Gardener laying felt disk around tree to prevent weed growth | © Lamontagne / Biosphoto
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Gardener laying felt disk around tree to prevent weed growth
Biosphoto | 1209402 | Dandelion seed dispersal in a garden | © Gilles Le Scanff & Joëlle-Caroline Mayer / Biosphoto
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Dandelion seed dispersal in a garden
Biosphoto | 1258439 | Shaggy soldier in a kitchen garden | © Alexandre Petzold / Biosphoto
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Shaggy soldier in a kitchen garden
Biosphoto | 1470025 | Inflorescence of Kentucky bluegrass | © Alexandre Petzold / Biosphoto
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Inflorescence of Kentucky bluegrass
Biosphoto | 1470735 | Stinging nettle in a garden | © NouN / Biosphoto
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Stinging nettle in a garden
Biosphoto | 1514646 | Narrowleaf plantain in bloom | © Antoni Agelet / Biosphoto
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Narrowleaf plantain in bloom
Biosphoto | 1991299 | Weeding of field bindweeds in a garden | © Serge Lapouge / Biosphoto
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Weeding of field bindweeds in a garden
Biosphoto | 2431887 | Overview of the underground system of the vertical rhizome of Hedge false bindweed (Calystegia sepium) | © Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
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Overview of the underground system of the vertical rhizome of Hedge false bindweed (Calystegia [...]
Biosphoto | 2431936 | Cleaver (Galium aparine) in a garden in summer, Pas de Calais, France | © Yann Avril / Biosphoto
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Cleaver (Galium aparine) in a garden in summer, Pas de Calais, France
Biosphoto | 2445175 | Baking soda weed control | © Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
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Baking soda weed control
Biosphoto | 2445176 | Weeding a potted plant in close-up | © Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
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Weeding a potted plant in close-up