Does Bindweed have any Benefits? 🌱👀 Weeding the vegetable garden is probably most gardeners least favour job! 👀😬 and bindweed or morning glory is one of the hardest to eradicate, it chokes others plants and even the smallest piece of root left in the ground will often regrow. 🌱😕 However, like most wild plants we generally refer to as weeds, bindweed does have an important role to play and can be used to benefit the garden! 🌱👍🏻 understanding this can make the sight of them slightly more

Disposing of bindweed can be difficult because the fresh roots will regrow if added directly to compost. And it’s not good to add it to landfill. But you can dry out the roots in the sun for a few weeks until the bindweed roots have completly desiccated and then add it back to the compost. Bindweed root shouldn’t regrow if it has been dried out completely. I’ve built myself a drying rack for this purpose, which I also use for drying my onions. | Simon Akeroyd Garden Writer