"A weed is but an unloved flower."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox may have said
"A weed is but an unloved flower"
but I don't think she ever met this one
"A weed is but an unloved flower"
but I don't think she ever met this one
This is one plant I thought I'd managed to banish from my garden. This morning I wandered into the old chook run to check on an apple tree, when I discovered a very healthy patch of this menace. Argh!!
The plants were immediately dispatched to the wheelie bin and I spent some time picking up the nasty, thorny seeds they left behind.
I presume the source of this outbreak was the straw I bought in last year as I've noticed a few seedling emerging but have always managed to get to them at a very early stage and dig them up. This patch I missed. As it was close to the trees dripper I'll have to keep a very close eye out for any more seedlings.
One year's seeding makes seven years' weeding.
1873 Harland & Wilkinson Lancashire Legends
1873 Harland & Wilkinson Lancashire Legends
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6 comments:
def. Caltrop 'noun' device designed to find a bare foot in the driveway at any time...ouch!!!
Hubby
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Oh man, I got a couple of those in my foot at night in the dark...indoors. They had stuck in our carpet and they weren't fun to discover by impalement, ha!
Or to puncture that bike tyre
Yes Doc and Robbyn that's why I try so hard to keep them out of the yard.
Hey Blinddog
Doc had to add an extra layer of tyre on the bikes when we first arrived here.
I'm struggling with this one too, just keep pulling them out whenever I see them and collecting all the seeds that I pick up on my thongs, and putting them in a bucket by the back door.
And yep they definitely "find" bare feet alright
Hi Butterflygirl
Yes they are nasty up this way...and ouch to the bare feet!
I don't believe I found another plant this morning...argh!!
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