Amy StewartMabey is at his best when he takes us along on his own weedy adventures.… Weeds are not just around us, he declares, they are in us and of us. Gregarious, adventurous, prolific and profane — "the species they most resemble is us."
—The Washington Post
Publishers WeeklyAs popular British science writer Mabey (Food for Free) observes, "weeds are our most successful cultivated crop." They rely on humans who inadvertently cultivate their soil, sow their seeds, and transport them around the globe. This lively, erudite work invites readers to take a new look at the lowly and unloved weed. Mabey explains how weeds have cunningly evolved to survive natural disasters, human devastation, climate change, and almost every attempt to eradicate them.
