Tag: weeds
Weeding Before Weeds Start Seeding
UNITED STATES—Weeds are weeds simply because they grow so aggressively where they do not belong. They begin before the weather gets warm enough for...
Exotic Weeds Are The Worst
UNITED STATES—Exotic species are not native. It is that simple. There is nothing fancy about it. They came from elsewhere to live here. They...
Mulch Is Lowly But Practical
UNITED STATES—Gardening is unnatural. Most popular plant species are not naturally native. Cultivars are products of unnatural selection and breeding. Most plants like unnatural...
Wildflowers Are Flowers Gone Wild
UNITED STATES—Wildflowers have been quite a fad. Relative to most fads, they are not so impractical. For some situations, they are a good excuse...
Lawn Weeds Are Low Down
UNITED STATES—Weeds are constantly a problem here. There is no season in which every sort of weed is inactive. As some annual types finish...
Invasive Weeds Waste No Time
UNITED STATES—With few exceptions, the most aggressively invasive weeds here are exotic. In other words, they are not native. They came from other regions...
Exotic Species Can Become Naturalized
UNITED STATES—Every palm tree in local landscapes is exotic. Simply put, all palms are originally from somewhere else. The desert fan palm, the only...
Weeding Earlier Rather Than Later
UNITED STATES—Weeding is not much fun. Some of us might enjoy the relaxing monotony of productive weeding. Realistically though, most of us would prefer...
Weeds Might Produce Hazardous Seeds
UNITED STATES—Weeds are weeds because they grow where they are not wanted. They might be desirable plants in the wild within their native ranges,...
Weeds Obviously Grow Like Weeds
UNITED STATES—Not many of our favorite plants grow like weeds. We must help most of them along, and give them what they want. A...