Weeds For Health On Gozo

So a 'weed' is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, 'a plant in the wrong place'. Examples commonly are plants unwanted in human-controlled settings, such as farm fields, gardens, lawns, roadsides, parks and construction sites.

But are they really good for nothing?

Weeds For Health On Gozo is a collection of the most common and frequently found wild plants on Gozo which one can see by the road side, in the fields, country and coastal walks. It consist monographs of 40 wild plants with photos and description of the plants, their usage, some historical information and even recipes. Most of them are considered as common weeds but they are actualy medicinal plants. with pharmacological properties.

Nature provides us with everything. Food, medicine, tools, everything we need in daily life we can find around us and at our feet. Most plants are good for something even if they are troublesome weeds. In the old days people knew their uses and respected them better. Nowadays all that knowledge is forgotten. Lost for ever?

Reading this book, ”Weeds for health on Gozo” will I hope, awaken the reader's interest in plants, with a different view of our environment and the weeds.