tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post4696656120727330055..comments2023-08-16T18:56:13.685+10:00Comments on diary of a suburban gardener: thinking about the weeds in my gardenSue Catminthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-26846735998225053572011-03-09T11:50:55.257+11:002011-03-09T11:50:55.257+11:00haha as you know I wrote an entire post about weed...haha as you know I wrote an entire post about weeds! Aside from squirrels, my ultra arch nemesis, wild onions and ivy are my foes!Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-11009044549996030552011-03-07T21:35:11.100+11:002011-03-07T21:35:11.100+11:00hi alastair, thanks for the visit. i did the same ...hi alastair, thanks for the visit. i did the same when i was a youngish inexperienced gardener, i really worried my poor neighbours.<br /><br />dear ali, i look forward to ongoing sharing of weed experiences. hope to finish writing it soon.<br /><br />cheers, cmSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-18565830930768306292011-03-07T20:23:00.090+11:002011-03-07T20:23:00.090+11:00hi sharon, lovely to hear from you - good advice a...hi sharon, lovely to hear from you - good advice about being tough minded. they can be seductive but i agree - they're evil.<br /><br />hi p3c, yes i have learned that - if you let them go there'll just be more trouble later.<br /><br />hi carol, wise words but i guess it's about finding the balance - minimizing weeds as much as possible and accepting they won't disappear.<br /><br />cheers, cmSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-25050902219788711302011-03-06T08:34:28.158+11:002011-03-06T08:34:28.158+11:00Dear Catmint, I will join you in category 2 and 4....Dear Catmint, I will join you in category 2 and 4. Leaning to live with and manage these plants as best I can is about the best I able to do. I hope you are healing well! No more accidents!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067132532095325169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-81835091073054487162011-03-05T22:16:14.077+11:002011-03-05T22:16:14.077+11:00Hey, what happened to your new post, about the 10 ...Hey, what happened to your new post, about the 10 weeds you have in your garden? Lol, I clicked on that straightaway, as I am pretty sure I could match you and raise you 10! :)<br /><br />Ali.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072118694728610270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-33934771624763328442011-03-05T00:09:05.265+11:002011-03-05T00:09:05.265+11:00Ah, weeds, nothing better on a nice warm day getti...Ah, weeds, nothing better on a nice warm day getting into the borders and ridding them of weeds, sheer bliss. Once upon a time Myra and I when very young cultivated the weeds in the garden of our first house. Our next door neighbour on a visit told us in a very, I am sorry to be telling you this manner, but I think those are weeds. Well we decided not to believe her. (she was of course correct.) Thanks for your recent visit to aberdeengardening.Alistairhttp://www.aberdeengardening.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-71148527861311690272011-03-03T00:55:44.368+11:002011-03-03T00:55:44.368+11:00Agree with Bernie, our hot wet season now, weeds a...Agree with Bernie, our hot wet season now, weeds are having a field day in our garden! I hate weeding, its a very time consuming but have no choice but to do it sooner or later..but better sooner or else the garden plants will be chocked to death by them weeds!p3chandanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-56585883337421815582011-03-02T09:04:59.138+11:002011-03-02T09:04:59.138+11:00Ahhhh weeds...an endlessly controversial and fasci...Ahhhh weeds...an endlessly controversial and fascinating subject.<br /><br />Don't get all soft hearted on weeds. I fell in love with the apricot colored blooms on the sturdy scarlet pimpernel. I learned its history and folk lore, and I let it set seed. It is now overpowering all my thymes, native annuals, etc. HORRIBLE.<br /><br />Get a bit hard hearted.<br /><br />Sending good wishes to you,<br /><br />Sharon Lovejoy Writes from Sunflower House and a Little Green IslandSharon Lovejoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160956925191137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-16008343824401564572011-03-01T10:33:25.651+11:002011-03-01T10:33:25.651+11:00hi tina, thanks for the thought to ponder. i'm...hi tina, thanks for the thought to ponder. i'm smiling too.<br /><br />hi tvf, yes i agree - there are weeds and then there are noxious weeds - noxious is a wonderful word to say -it sound like its meaning! <br /><br />hi diana, thank you for your very thought provoking comment. the skip contents would go to landfill - which i guess is selfishly just transferring the problem to the next generation. you've made friends with it but i think there are different forms?<br /><br />hi sg, what a problem - thinking about it is one thing - what to do about it is a puzzle - like with determined weeds there is no easy answer. <br />the only mole i have ever known is in wind and the willows - i have never even seen a mole at the zoo.<br />cheers, catmintSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-24447433243010470912011-03-01T09:15:46.458+11:002011-03-01T09:15:46.458+11:00Greetings from Southern California
I added mysel...Greetings from Southern California <br /><br />I added myself to follow your blog. <br />Please visit mine and follow back if you want too.<br /><br />God bless you :-)<br /><br />~RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-47553636755638202392011-02-28T13:23:52.255+11:002011-02-28T13:23:52.255+11:00Hi Catmint. My think-in-progress is, "What a...Hi Catmint. My think-in-progress is, "What am I going to do about those moles that are running rampant in my front yard? (tunnels and mounds) I didn't invite them! :-)Shady Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-67373406459414839522011-02-28T06:44:57.734+11:002011-02-28T06:44:57.734+11:00Catmint I wonder what happened to your skip of Oxa...Catmint I wonder what happened to your skip of Oxalis? Taken over a valley somewhere?? Very grateful to the Oxalis in my garden, when the rain eventually comes, the whole garden turns lush. And green. With flowers ;~)Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-32861443491033211132011-02-28T02:09:22.048+11:002011-02-28T02:09:22.048+11:00So what about noxious weeds? I just sort of like s...So what about noxious weeds? I just sort of like saying that. It makes them sound so bad, which they are. Noxious weeds should be pulled. I have left some "weeds" growing in my garden. I definitely have weeds that fit all of your categories. Some are even old fashioned herbs with medicinal properties.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07694829333592209275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-92080904388120553572011-02-28T01:05:44.814+11:002011-02-28T01:05:44.814+11:00It's sounds like you are adapting to them. You...It's sounds like you are adapting to them. You know what they say about lemons? Perhaps the same can work with weeds? I'm smiling as I type this as it is a thought to ponder.tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-82963268092909306082011-02-27T22:53:19.388+11:002011-02-27T22:53:19.388+11:00dear friends, thanks for contributing to this whic...dear friends, thanks for contributing to this which is possibly becoming my new favourite garden topic.<br /><br />hi lynne, i once filled a whole skip with dug up oxalis including lots of soil around the plants.. since then it hasn't dominated but still appears. i have borage too but have so far managed to avoid fennel. <br /><br />hi bernie, i'm not surprised strange weeds are appearing in your garden because they are attracted by disturbed or bare ground. and your poor garden certainly got disturbed recently ... <br /><br />hi hermes, yes this topic could be broadened to animals too - our worst ones here could be rabbits and cane toads. <br /><br />cheers, catmintSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-37885830333400823752011-02-27T18:20:57.483+11:002011-02-27T18:20:57.483+11:00And then there are plants (and animals) that are f...And then there are plants (and animals) that are fine in their own country but become weeds when displaced.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-29671241108797522122011-02-27T17:56:15.086+11:002011-02-27T17:56:15.086+11:00The endless 'wet' season up here means I h...The endless 'wet' season up here means I have all four catgories of weeds thriving very nicely thank you! <br /><br />Things have popped up around my property that I've never ever seen before! I call them 'weeds' but they're probably some form of native plant that I never knew existed. Such an interesting topic.BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-29885674663671967462011-02-27T15:44:38.790+11:002011-02-27T15:44:38.790+11:00My poor garden is getting over-run with all four c...My poor garden is getting over-run with all four categories at the moment, due to a prolapsed lumbar disc meaning I can't weed. I've been only able to pull the odd weed or two at a time for the past 3 weeks, and the novelty wore off long ago!<br />However, I digress :-)<br />Oxalis is one of those impossible-to-eradicate weeds in New Zealand, yet seems to be considered a desirable plant in colder climates where its spread is more easily controlled.<br />At my previous home I was sick of the sight of borage. I bought one. It was absolutely beautiful. And then its spawning of multitudes became reminiscent of alien horror movies. <br />Fennel, also, is impossible here to be rid of once you've had a single plant. <br />Still, I suppose there are far uglier "weeds' than these.Lynnehttp://adayinthelife-lynnifer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com