Category Archives: weeds

A new encounter with the weed monster

By Marta Gouger | Published: September 8, 2010 | 0 Comments
Three-day weekends are just made for gardening. Now, if you’ve kept up with gardening on a regular basis, you probably had a picnic this weekend.   I didn’t and therefore, the most I could hope for was a weed pulling party. Without the beer. Isn’t it amazing how we had almost no rain this year, but yet the [...]
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Where did my butterfly go?

By Marta Gouger | Published: May 7, 2010 | 0 Comments
I have been on a weed-pulling mission. Every chance I get I go out and try to clear an area. After several exhausting sessions I finally made it to the perennials I planted last year. I planted monarda and they multiplied. Not as fast as the dandelions, but they did multiply. As I kept going, pulling [...]
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57 varieties of weeds

By Marta Gouger | Published: May 3, 2010 | 0 Comments
I spent the weekend following an age-old May tradition. Not talking about the Kentucky Derby, but the marathon process of pulling weeds from the garden.   Alas, they are everywhere. We have the  common dandelion, Canada thistle,  possibly lambsquarters  and many to be named if I ever really get bored. I know I’m not the only one with [...]
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