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Dandelions grow in every continent in the world and are edible in their entirety.

Weeds which had grown "out of control" along the Ballyloughane Road - including the noxious weed ragwort - are being removed by the Galway City Council.

“A flower is a weed with an advertising budget” says Rory Sutherland in his brilliant book ‘Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don’t Make Sense’. If you think about it, he’s absolutely right. What we call a weed is a plant just like any other, with a job to do – and the leaves, flowers and seeds to do it – but if it decides to grow where we don’t think it should, we call it a weed, and give it its marching orders. And all because it doesn’t have an advertising budget, basically: Its flowers and foliage are not considered suitable garden material, because the ‘budget’ didn’t run to eye-catching size, shape or colour.

Dandelions grow in every continent in the world and are edible in their entirety. They are thought to have evolved about 30 million years ago and have been used for food and as a herb for almost all of recorded history.

Mayor Aengus O'Rourke (FF) says the amount of weeds and moss in certain areas of Athlone is giving a whole new meaning to the region's 'growth centre' title.

Gardener’s Choice is the safe solution to the problem of weeding. A layer of Gardener’s Choice bark to a depth of 4in (100mm) will prevent the emergence of weeds.

 The final programme in a Midwest Radio documentary series on rural Ireland of the past will be broadcast on Sunday next at 9am.

Opened in 1992, Shaws Garden Centre, a family run business, has grown from strength to strength to where, in 2010, it can offer customers a much wider range of products.