Call me wacky, but I was the woman who waged war with wicked weeds. Whew!! Both John and I had trimmed bushes and trees in the garden last Fall, leaving the branches on the ground. Major mistake! I intended to pick them up long before Spring had sprung. Not only were the branches covered by fallen leaves, they had been overrun by very vicious weeds. If I were naming the weed, I would tentatively call it “octopus”. Tentacles Tendrils wove themselves into a thick mat over leaves and branches. I could hardly see some of the sticks and had to tug at the mess to get them. What a mess!
Next year I shall trim bushes with a wheelbarrow beside me.
I have both weeds and gophers. I can pull the weeds, but if they get a chance to blossom, I’m out of luck keeping up to them and they tend to blossom far too quickly.
When I put down repellent for the gophers, it’s like I’ve invited them to a banquet! I’m so tired of having my yard torn up, I’m thinking about cementing the whole darn thing. They eat the roots on my plants and kill them, There’s just no combating them. Their only enemy is our local feral cat but he only gets them now and again. Even the hawks don’t manage to get a share of them and Chloe, who once was the best, is now pushing 17 and having a harder time plus her digestive system now is touchy anyway. Sigh!
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Poor you! At least we don’t have gophers!
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For me the enemy is grass- they grow everywhere I know your frustration and would declare war myself agains these evil weeds. There is also that creeper you write about which needs constant trimming?
Susie
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Yes, the Wicked Wisteria has new green leaves poking out everything. The leaves look like tongues sticking out at me.
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Yet, they can also be pretty. I’ve seen them as arbors and they look lovely. People actually plant them around here and … they are sold in our nurseries. I’m guessing our climate has a different effect on them. We took a globe willow to Alabama from Colorado and it never formed the same way. In Colorado they are perfectly round. In Alabama, it was just a tree. lol
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I guess some plants do not thrive after relocation.
We see beautiful wisteria bowers here, but ours does not bloom well. John put a feeding stake by it once, and that year it put out a few blooms and TONS of seeds. I’m going to be satisfied with green leaves and hope we can keep up with the trimming.
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Winning the war on weeds. Wonderful!!!
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I like your “w” words, but I don’t think I’m winning.
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Waging at war?
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Oh, wait, you already said that.
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Waging at war is much more realistic. Whining is more likely.
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This is what comes with having dominion over the Earth. You watch for the advantages you have created,
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Anne, Here it is a never ending battle. I have mentioned ,in my sometimes blog, the ‘dock’ weeds here and the truck loads I have hauled off and this morning ….there they are …some three feet tall fixing to go to seed. I have dug them out and had a very bad attitude while doing it. The roots are like carrots except we don’t eat them. However…the may come in handy someday. they do have a medicine effect if I knew how to harvest them. Otheres, which I have no names for are just as bad . I will have firm words for Adam when we meet.
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I’ve heard of dock weeds, but I’ve never been introduced to one. I should start counting my blessings. I’m sorry you have to deal with them.
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Next year you’ll have to have one trimmer and one picker-up of all the pieces of wood sent to the ground.Dry them a bit and maybe you can have a bonfire.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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David and John disposed of the wicked weeds this afternoon at the burn pile. I’m so glad that many are gone.
xxx Wild Weed Hugs xxx
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You are an amazing alliterator! We are just starting to remove weeds. It’s not fun!
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If you ever think of a fun way to transform weeding, please let me know!
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I’m impressed by your nice green grass as well! Weeds have always been and always will be the bane of my existence – it is a toss-up between weeding and housework.
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I’m with you! At least dust only piles up. It doesn’t reach out to grow three feet in every direction. Think of this. Dust is dead!!!
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Ha ha – I hate to weed and I had some whoppers out in the yard last year – looked like a rubber plant. My mother would say “watch that weed doesn’t reach out and grab you on the leg when you walk by” if there was a big weed that needed pulling. I have done posts about weeds before.
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Weeding, i can certainly relate to this! Endless carts filled with these little wicked weeds. Its amazing how fast they take over.
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I’ve been working on weeds and clearing garden beds of winter debris all week. I’ve also had to dig out big plants that have taken over the herb garden, namely oregano. It’s been mild in temperature, finally, time to pull and pick and plant and try and get it all done before Easter.
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Good luck! I was pulling weeds again today. It’s never-ending.
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I just put on my ‘cruddy’ clothes, still covered with yesterday’s dirt and I’m heading back out. Look out weeds!
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Weeds with tentacles remind me of carpet grass out here, only I call it sticky ball plant. It’s a tacky plant all around – the tentacles stick to animals, clothing, just everything! And when mature they put off a little ball seed that sticks to everything too. I’m desperately working to pull them up now before they get to the ball stage!! I feel your pain!
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I hope I never come face to face with carpet grass or sticky ball plant. Good luck!
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I remember making the same mistake a couple of times. The aftermath of removing them from the monster octopus, was more work than the weed pulling.
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It’s best to clean as you go. I always think there will be more gardening days in the fall, but I run out of them.
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better idea…..leave the wheelbarrow in the shed…..get a 100 foot hose extension and attach it to your central vac!
No fuss no muss!
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LOL!! What a marvelous idea! That would jack the house up so that we could have a spectacular view of the mountains.
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I am with Beverly on having firm words with Adam LOL.
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I am usually the woman who wages was with wicked weeds at our house. I filled up several wheelbarrows full last week. this week, I have a reprieve. We are visiting my grandson in Colorado.
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Thank goodness for retirement vacations!!!
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I think you are on to something about having the wheelbarrow next to you during clipping. Otherwise at the end of the day/energy it’s hard to keep bending down and picking them up…starts getting easier to say “Oh, they will disintegrate…but they don’t.
Spent the morning trimming hedges and bushes – and picking up all the sticks the wind has blown down over the weekend…easier when the dog isn’t trying to claim each stick!
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I never had the help of a dog while gardening.
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I keep looking at the weeds this year and shaking my head – NOOO!
Maybe they will disappear in their own good time huh?
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We can live in hope.
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I have done such a thing with the same results! Have been wondering about you and the wisteria ?? ? haha!
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The Wicked Wisteria produced two (2) blooms this year. Big woop! My life here would not be the same without that awful vine.
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ha ha ha!
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