Weed identification needed.

[newbies]

Help!  I don't have a photo, but if I describe the giant thing on my new plot, will somebody identify it please
It looks a bit like a giant hosta, but the leaves are duller and rougher.  There are no flowers on it, but when I dig one up, the root looks a bit like an old parsnip, all wrinkled and funny looking ???
Is it a weed, is it a plant, is it an alien?

[newbies]

[Curryandchips]

Very difficult to identify without more details, but I would hazard a guess - comfrey?
If this is correct, the leaves are excellent as a mulch, providing a lot of nutrients. A sod of a plant to dig out too.

[calendula]

could be dock, rough, big, deeeeeep thick roots - comfrey will have flowers on it still and will smell a bit like borage, cucumber like, if you press the leaves

[ACE]

horse radish? But get a second opinion before you use it.

[saddad]

Mullein? if the leaves are lighter underneath and a bit wooly to the touch...
:-\

[newbies]

Cheers Curry, Just looked up comfrey on the search thing, and you are correct.  I understand that you can use it for loads of things.  Is it best to keep just a couple of the plants, and lose the rest, as they are in the way a bit.
Am I right in saying that you can cut off the leaves, and put them in a bucket, and they will make fertiliser?  Somebody also put them in the water butt in a net bag, which sound like a grand idea.  Is all this ok to do?  I thought I had a problem with this giant unamed thing on my new plot, but now it seems like it's doing me a favour!  Fantastic.
One more question.  I don't have any plants on the plot yet, as I am still clearing and creating beds.  What shall I do with the wonder plant until then?  Just leave it chillin' in the corner?

[Curryandchips]

Decide where you want it to be, dig up a couple of roots and they will transplant easily. The rest, well you will just have to dig out as much as possible, then keep hoeing it back, eventually it will weaken and keel over, but it definitely wants to grow ! It makes good compost, mulch, and liquid feeds ...