Comfrey

Today's the day ...................... to be useful

As well as the yellow kind, I'm pleased to say that some of the pinkish-purple comfrey has now found its way into our garden.  It's such a useful plant to have because you can make a wonderful liquid fertiliser from it. 

In the past - and probably even now - comfrey was cultivated over the centuries in Asia, Europe and the UK as a vegetable and herbal medicine.  Its early common names, knitbone  or boneset, reflect its historical use in poultices of the leaves and roots that were used to treat sprains, bruises or bone fractures. 

And it looks pretty too ...................