Northeast Gardening: Daily Musings, 1 by grampapa

grampapa wrote:
It disturbs me that people have pets and just turn them loose. I'm glad your little black bunny friend is surviving, pixie. I had a friend who had a series of pet bunnies over the years and they were so sweet. she made a cage out of a wooden playpen covered in chicken wire. had to watch them when they were out of the cage because they really like to chew the electrical cords....love the collage, too.

anita, my current foe is horsetail (equisetum arvense), a nice bright green ferny looking thing that is apparently almost impossible to get rid of. spreads by spores and underground rhizomes. pretty sure my landscapers brought in the spores from somewhere because I only have it in one bed, but it is rampant. I found an article that says if you crush the stems and paint on something with glyphosphate (roundup) it will travel to the roots and kill it from the bottom up. I can't really spray because it's coming up in the middle of everything that I don't want to kill, so painting it on is a good option. now just need the time to do it. I consider it a weed, but it is also an herb that is sold for hair, nails & connective tissues and a bunch of other stuff. maybe I should just eat it :-) with my luck, i'd be allergic

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