Comfrey

Today's the day ………………………. to earn your keep

We noticed this tall and graceful plant when out on a walk a couple of days ago - and after doing a bit of research - found that it was comfrey.

That reminded me of something I think knottman2 had written recently about how it was used to make a very efficacious liquid fertiliser for the garden.  And then, blow me, did not Monty Don say the very same thing last night on Gardeners World.  Further research revealed that over the centuries, comfrey was cultivated in Asia, Europe and the UK as a vegetable and herbal medicine.  Its early common names, knitbone  or boneset, reflect its historical use by poultices of the leaves and roots to treat sprains, bruises or bone fractures.

So it's obviously a useful plant to have around...………………...